Houthis say missile hit Yanbu oil facility, drone struck Petroline station

Saree announced two fresh operations against Saudi Arabia in a statement Thursday, saying the ballistic missile strike on Yanbu hit its target and that a drone took out Pumping Station No. 7 on the Petroline — the East–West Crude Oil Pipeline. He gave no damage figures or casualty details for either strike.

The Saudi side tells it differently. Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles over the western region and a drone in the Eastern Region. Saudi Civil Defense reported that debris from the two intercepted missiles fell in the Mecca region, with fragments landing in the village of Sabouha; there was no immediate word on damage or injuries.

Saree rejected that account outright, calling Saudi claims of downing two missiles over Mecca lies. The exchange follows a Houthi claim Wednesday that it forced a Saudi F-15 out of Sanaa's airspace, and a Saudi-led coalition strike a day earlier on an oil company facility in the capital's Al-Wahdah district.

Washington is already pulling people out. The US Embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert and ordered non-emergency government employees and their families to leave the country, warning Americans in the region to stay vigilant over what it described as an increased threat of attacks by Iranian-supported Houthis. The State Department also restricted official travel.

The new strikes put a second Saudi oil site in the Houthis' crosshairs in a matter of days, this time hitting both a major Red Sea port facility and the pipeline that carries crude across the peninsula.