Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed Houthi drones launched towards Riyadh, southern region
The coalition said it shot down drones over Riyadh and the Eastern Province as Houthi attacks on Saudi energy sites and airports continued.
- On Thursday, the Houthis claimed attacks on a Saudi East-West pipeline pumping station, a facility in Yanbu, and a Saudi Aramco building in Riyadh, while the Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting two drones in the Riyadh region and Eastern Province.
- Hostilities resumed earlier this year after a 2022 UN-brokered truce largely froze the conflict, following the Houthis' 2014 seizure of the Yemen capital Sanaa that prompted Saudi Arabia to intervene militarily.
- Oil prices jumped Thursday as Brent futures settled up 3.3% at US$95.82 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate closed up 2.6% at US$88.74, reflecting the Saudi East-West pipeline's strategic importance rerouting about 4 million barrels daily.
- Separately, the Houthi military spokesperson on Thursday denied targeting Mecca with ballistic missiles after Saudi authorities reported intercepting two missiles Wednesday, continuing the group's repeated rejections of accusations regarding Islam's holiest cities.
- The latest escalation has threatened the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping route linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, while tankers remain ablaze elsewhere in the Gulf following regional infrastructure strikes.
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