In brief
Dozens of drones and missiles launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck Saudi energy sites, injuring 73 people and setting fires. The attacks hit the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, disrupting operations at oil plants. Saudi Arabia's coalition called the strikes a dangerous escalation and vowed a decisive response. The incident happens amid a long‑running civil war, a failed ceasefire and a strategic struggle over the Red Sea shipping lanes.
Saudi Arabia faces a new wave of attacks.
Yemen's Iran‑backed Houthi movement launched dozens of drones and missiles against four southwestern Saudi cities, injuring 73 people and causing fires at oil facilities.
The targets—Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran—were hit by missiles that damaged energy plants, forcing some operations to halt temporarily.
Saudi security officials called the strikes a “dangerous escalation” and vowed a decisive response, while the Houthi spokesperson accused Saudi Arabia of bombings in Yemen’s al‑Hazm prison that killed at least 11 people.
These attacks unfold amid a decade‑long civil war, a collapsed ceasefire, and the struggle over the Red Sea’s Bab al‑Mandab Strait, a critical route for global oil shipments.
