Houthis said they attacked Saudi oil-pumping stations and Riyadh airport
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said Monday they attacked Saudi Arabia’s East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, with no immediate Saudi confirmation, Reuters reported. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed two ballistic-missile launchers in Sanaa, including one used to fire a missile toward Riyadh that it said it intercepted. Egypt’s parliament approved military support for Saudi Arabia, The National reported.
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The Houthi group in Yemen said Monday it launched attacks on Saudi Arabia’s crude-pumping stations linking the east and west and on Riyadh airport, but Saudi Arabia had not immediately confirmed the claim, Reuters reported. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said earlier that it had destroyed two ballistic-missile launchers in Sanaa. The coalition said one launcher had been used to fire a missile toward Riyadh, which it said was intercepted. The Iran-aligned Houthis have also launched missiles and drones at Saudi airports, ports and oil facilities, making the US-allied kingdom a focal point of the wider war.
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Internazionale carries Reuters’s report that the Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport. The National’s live coverage also states that claim, but the results do not show it as separate reporting.