Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline
USO•Yemen's Houthis said they attacked a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline, an oil facility in Yanbu and an Aramco building in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia's coalition said it intercepted and destroyed two Houthi drones.
1. Claimed attacks
Yemen's Houthis said they attacked a pumping station on the East-West pipeline, an oil facility in Yanbu and an Aramco building in Riyadh. The group did not specify when the attacks took place. Saudi Arabia's military coalition said it intercepted and destroyed two drones, one in the Riyadh region and one in the Eastern Province.
2. Pipeline context
Riyadh has rerouted about 4 million barrels per day of crude through the East-West Pipeline to Yanbu, equivalent to about 4% of global supply, as the conflict disrupts flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
3. Mecca denial
The Houthi military spokesperson denied that the group had targeted Mecca with two ballistic missiles that Saudi Arabia's civil defence said were intercepted on Wednesday. The Houthis have repeatedly denied targeting Mecca and Medina.
