Houthi Rebels: "We Attacked Six Sites, Including Saudi Airports and Oil Facilities"

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels claimed they had attacked six sites, including major airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.

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On Thursday (local time), the Houthi rebels said in a statement that they had carried out six military operations targeting key facilities on Saudi territory. They claimed the attacks were retaliation for recent Saudi airstrikes that caused dozens of casualties, including women and children.

According to the Houthi rebels, the targets included an oil refinery in Ras Tanura in eastern Saudi Arabia and an oil facility operated by state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in Abqaiq. They claimed to have carried out precision strikes on the facilities using ballistic missiles and other weapons.

They also said they attacked King Khalid International Airport in the capital, Riyadh, with missiles, and deployed drones against King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, disrupting air traffic.

The rebels also claimed to have attacked an oil refinery in Rabigh and a Saudi military command center in the southern Najran region. They added that the attack in Najran caused casualties among Saudi forces.

The Houthi rebels warned that they would continue their retaliatory operations until Saudi attacks and its blockade are halted. They said they would expand their attacks deep into Saudi territory.

However, the success of the attacks claimed by the Houthi rebels and the specific scale of the damage have not been confirmed.

The Saudi-led coalition announced that it had intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles headed toward Riyadh using its air defense system. Earlier, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense Directorate issued and later lifted danger alerts in some areas, including Riyadh and Najran.

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