Houthis Strike Saudi Oil Facilities Amid Escalating Middle East Tensions

The Houthi movement in Yemen has launched missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, escalating tensions between the two regional allies of the US and Iran. The strikes targeted sites operated by Aramco in Jizan and Yanbu, with a video showing dark clouds rising above an Aramco refinery in Jizan.

The Houthi movement accused Saudi Arabia of a 'dangerous escalation' after Riyadh struck Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday. The renewed exchange of fire between the US and Iranian allies marks the emergence of a new front in the Middle East war, following US and Israeli strikes on Iran at the end of February.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has offered to help start a dialogue between the Houthis and the Saudis, saying 'there is no military solution to the issue'.