Houthis Launch Drone Attack on Aramco Facility in Saudi Arabia

The Yemeni Houthi rebels have launched an attack on an Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia, targeting an Aramco refinery in the city of Jazan with a drone. The attack is in response to Saudi drones breaching Yemen's airspace over the provinces of Hajjah and Saada, according to Yahya Saree, a military spokesperson for the Houthis.

The Saudi Energy Ministry reported a fire at the facility without casualties, stating that it was extinguished but did not disclose its cause. The Houthi attack is part of a series of missile and drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia and its shipping in the Red Sea.

Fayed al-Noman, assistant undersecretary of the information ministry, said the Houthis also fired missiles and drones on the Mocha port, one of the main ports under Yemen's internationally recognised government. The escalation threatens to reignite Yemen's civil war more than four years after a 2022 truce stopped major fighting in the impoverished Arab country.