Yemen's Houthis say they fired missiles at Saudi forces in Jazan
USO•Yemen's Houthis said they fired two ballistic missiles at Saudi forces in Jazan, and separately claimed attacks on Riyadh's airport and an East-West Pipeline pumping station. Saudi Arabia had rerouted about 4 million barrels of crude per day through the pipeline to Yanbu.
1. Missile attack claims
The Houthis said they fired two ballistic missiles at what they described as concentrations of Saudi forces in Al-Tuwal, in Jazan province, hours after Saudi civil defence issued an all-clear for the province. It was not immediately clear whether the claimed attack was related to earlier civil defence alerts.
2. Other targets claimed
In a separate statement, the group said it had attacked Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of the Houthi account.
3. Oil transport context
Jazan is home to a Saudi Aramco refinery with capacity of 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day. With conflict disrupting oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, Riyadh has rerouted about 4 million barrels per day via the East-West Pipeline to Yanbu, equivalent to about 4% of global supply.
