Saudi Airstrikes Hit Yemen's Houthi-Controlled Capital, Sanaa, Amid Escalating Regional Tensions
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Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, amid escalating regional tensions
Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, targeting locations including a gas station and facilities linked to the state oil company, according to Houthi media reports. The strikes followed a night of heightened tensions in the region, with the Saudi-led coalition saying it intercepted missiles and a drone launched by Houthi forces toward Saudi territory.
The East-West oil pipeline, which allows a part of Saudi oil exports to bypass the Ormuz Strait, was attacked at the beginning of the week, in the context of an intensification of attacks by the Huthi pro-Iranian fighters from Yemen in the kingdom, Saudi Arabia announces, reports AFP.
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SIC NotíciasSaudi air defence destroyed missiles launched by the Houthis rebels against the country's capital and south, at a time of military escalation, and the East-West oil infrastructure in the Medina region was also hit.
Saudi military coalition intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile heading towards the Riyadh. The East-West pipeline had already been attacked by the Houthis on Monday.
Several explosions were heard early Tuesday morning in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after the Saudi-led military coalition announced that it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels at the city.
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