The military alliance led by Saudi Arabia, which intervened in the war in Yemen in 2015, on Saturday accused Shiite Houthi rebels of launching attacks, including against facilities of the giant oil company ARAMCO, in the southern part of the southern part of the country.
According to alliance announcements broadcast by the Saudi state news agency SPA, the Houthis tried to hit an ARAMCO facility and a power plant in Jizan, a desalination plant in As Sakik and a gas station in Hamis Musait.
According to the alliance, there were no casualties, however, material damage was caused to private cars and houses.
The Houthis have not commented on this information at this time.
During the alliance, four Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were intercepted and destroyed in southern Saudi Arabia.
The area is often the target of attacks by Houthis, believed to be close to Iran, with UAVs and ballistic missiles.
The SPA released photos and videos of firefighters attempting to put out a fire at the Dahran al-Janub power plant near Jizan.
An oil refinery near the capital, Riyadh, was the target of a UAV attack on March 10, for which the Houthis claimed responsibility.
Earlier this week, the Houthis rejected an invitation from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes six states in the region, to attend talks on the Yemeni war in Riyadh on March 29.
Saudi Arabia is leading a military alliance fighting in Yemen on the side of the internationally recognized government against Shiite rebels. He intervened in March 2015 in the war, which has been raging since mid-2014 in the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula, as rebels had seized the capital Sanaa from government forces and were continuing to advance south to stop them.
The war in Yemen has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Millions more were forced to flee their homes. Basic infrastructure has been destroyed; the health system has collapsed. Most of the civilian population is threatened by famine. The UN describes the situation in the country as one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.
On Wednesday, the UN expressed disappointment with the outcome of an international donor summit: just $ 1.3 billion was raised, well below the $ 4.27 billion target for humanitarian aid.
The Houthis often target airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest crude exporters, because Riyadh is the leader of the military alliance fighting them.
The new attack was recorded while ARAMCO is preparing to announce – later today – the results for the year 2021.
International oil markets are already in a frenzy over the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on energy supplies.
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