Houthi Drone Attacks Hit Saudi Oil Infrastructure Amid Escalating Regional Tensions

Houthi forces in Yemen launched drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure in response to alleged incursions by the kingdom's drones.

The Ansar Allah military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said that 'a number of sensitive targets and points involved in the supply and transport of crude oil from eastern Saudi Arabia to Yanbu were struck using several drones'.

The port city of Yanbu is where the East-West pipeline reaches the Red Sea, allowing the Gulf monarchy's crude oil to be transported out of the country.

Saudi Arabia has demanded that Iraq prevent its territory from being used to launch attacks after claiming that drones launched by Iran-backed groups in Iraq targeting petroleum facilities were intercepted.