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Overnight strikes in Yemen kill at least 1 person and injure 9, and other Mideast news
A Houthi health ministry spokesperson said one person was killed and nine were injured, and blamed Saudi Arabia for the overnight strikes.
On Tuesday, Houthi-run health ministry spokesperson Anees al-Asbahi reported airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, killed one person and injured nine others at a gas station and oil facility.
These strikes occurred amid renewed fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces that escalated this summer, as rebels continue targeting energy facilities to pressure Saudi Arabia into lifting its blockade.
Explosions around 4 a.m. caused "extensive damage" to homes and shops, Sanaa residents said, as strikes reverberated across the capital while people slept.
Separately, Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Maj. Turki al-Malki stated early Tuesday that forces intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia, though The Associated Press could not independently verify this claim.
Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei demanded the U.S. "surrender" to seven conditions from Tehran, even as U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters Monday the war in Iran "militarily is effectively over.
Night attacks hit a gas station and an oil facility in Yemen, leaving at least one dead and nine injured, residents and Houthi rebels reported Tuesday, backed by Iran.