Yemen’s Houthis renew strikes on Saudi Arabia as UNSC extends sanctions

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Saudi-led coalition intercepts flurry of suspected Houthi drones targeting oil and military infrastructure.

Saudi-led coalition forces have said they intercepted suspected Houthi drones over Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh region and Eastern Province, as the UN Security Council agreed to extend sanctions on the Iran-allied group.

Major General Turki al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, announced the interceptions of suspected Houthi drones on Thursday, in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had targeted oil infrastructure and military assets in the kingdom, including a pumping station on the East-West Pipeline with a drone as well as the Yanbu oil facility on the Red Sea.

Riyadh says it has rerouted about 4 million barrels of crude per day via its East-West Pipeline to Yanbu, equivalent to about 4 percent of global supply.

Saree further claimed a military cargo plane at Sharurah airport close to Yemen’s border was targeted with a drone, while a ballistic missile launched towards Khamis Mushait airbase “scored a direct hit”.

The Houthi spokesperson added that their forces had targeted the Saudi Aramco headquarters in the capital, Riyadh, but rejected as a “grave falsehood” a Saudi assertion that the group had targeted the kingdom’s Mecca region on Wednesday.

Saudi-backed coalition forces fighting on behalf of Yemen’s internationally recognised government say they continue to confront the Houthis across all frontlines, targeting leaders, vehicles, reinforcements, weapons and positions.

Yemen’s Defence Ministry, citing the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council, said the battle against the Houthis was moving towards its “desired objectives”, according to Yemen’s official pro-government Saba news agency.

A meeting convened by the Defence Ministry was held in the Marib governorate to discuss the ongoing operations against the Houthis, where ways to enhance coordination and integration between various military units that are part of the Dawn of Yemen offensive were also discussed.

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