Trump Threatens 'Major Military Punishment' Amid Escalating Yemen Conflict
US President Donald Trump has threatened 'major military punishment' for Iran and Yemen after the Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for attacking two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea on Thursday.
The Houthis have declared a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia, forcing the kingdom to divert millions of barrels of oil by pipeline each day to the Red Sea to skirt Iran's near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Saudi civil defence had issued several warnings for Yanbu, on the Red Sea, and later said the danger had passed. Civil defence also issued a warning for the port city of Jizan about 1,000km to the south, close to the Yemeni border.
A Greek security source told Reuters that air defense systems in Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles from Yemen on Saturday targeting oil refineries in Yanbu.