Houthis claim attacks on Riyadh, Yanbu and southern Saudi Arabia
The Houthis said they launched missile and drone attacks against targets in Riyadh and Yanbu, including an Aramco facility, as well as command centers and weapons depots in southern Saudi Arabia. The United States warned that fighting between Saudi Arabia and Houthi forces could escalate rapidly; Saudi authorities did not provide an account of damage or casualties in the affected cities.
Countries involved Saudi Arabia · 1 outletIran · 0 of our 2 outletsYemen · none in our sourcesUnited States · 0 of our 3 outlets
First reported among our outlets by Yonhap News Agency (South Korea), · most coverage from France (2), South Korea (1), Israel (1), China (1)
What the parties said
Yemen
According to Saree, both were carried out with “a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones” and caused large fires at the sites hit.
United States
Meanwhile, the US has warned that fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi forces could "escalate rapidly" after a missile targeted Riyadh for the first time since the…
Coverage
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it had launched large-scale attacks targeting the Saudi capital Riyadh and Yanbu
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The Houthis later on Thursday said they had carried out attacks on what they described as “a sensitive target” in the capital Riyadh and on Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu.
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