Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted Saudi East-West pipeline, port city of Yanbu

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Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline and the port city of Yanbu. The pipeline has gained strategic importance because it gives Saudi Arabia an alternate route to export oil amid the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

The East-West pipeline, which ends at Yanbu, has become increasingly important to Saudi Arabia, allowing it to get its oil to market after Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula