Houthis fire on Saudi Red Sea oil sites

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Houthis fire on Saudi Red Sea oil sites

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Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants attacked Saudi state oil installations in Jizan and Yanbu on the Red Sea coast, escalating the Gulf conflict and disrupting global oil supplies. Saudi-backed forces responded with bombings against the Houthis.

By Federico Maccioni, Timour Azhari and Eman Abouhassira RIYADH, July 25 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday and Saudi-backed forces bombed the Houthis, as the war in the Gulf that has disrupted global supplies extended to a second front. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had targeted and successfully struck sites belonging to Saudi state oil giant Aramco in Jizan and Yanbu.

World Security Conflict Politics Commodities Energy Shipping Houthi Saudi Arabia oil installations Red Sea Aramco militant attack Gulf conflict

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