Saudi-led coalition warplanes ravaged Yemeni rebel military bases in retaliation for a weekend attack at the heart of the kingdom’s economy.
Incursions into the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, targeted military camps as well as Houthi rebel facilities near the city’s airport and its suburbs, residents and rebel television Al-Masirah reported. . An independent strike hit a rebel target in the port province of Hodeidah.
The Houthis supported by Iran attacked a Saudi Aramco oil refinery in Riyadh on Friday with six drones loaded with bombs. The aggression caused a fire that was later controlled without any impact on the oil supply or its derivatives, state media reported. No casualties were reported.
Saudi Arabia says missiles at Aramco led to attacks in Iran
Climbing may hamper U.S. efforts to end the seven-year war in Yemen, which has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with famine and widespread disease. The conflict is also being complicated by U.S. President Joe Biden’s position with Iran to revive a 2015 agreement designed to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
The Saudi-led coalition joined neighboring Yemen’s conflict in 2015 to try to re-establish its internationally recognized government.
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia rarely cause lives or cause significant damage, but their frequency has increased in recent months, creating unrest in the Gulf, a key region for global oil production and transit. Several attacks have been intercepted against the Saudi capital, Riyadh, according to Saudi authorities.
(It does not add any victims of rebel attack to the third paragraph)