Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on Aramco plant and Saudi air base
Houthi fighters said they hit an Aramco oil facility in Yanbu and the Khamis Mushait air base with missiles and drones, sparking fires and widespread damage.
Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, reported that the rebel group launched missiles and drones at a Saudi Aramco facility in Yanbu on the Red Sea, creating fires and extensive damage. A follow-up assault hit the Khamis Mushait air base in the kingdom’s south, with no details given on injuries or material loss. The Houthis said the operations were a direct response to Saudi bombing campaigns inside Yemen.
This flare-up follows days of intensified fighting, including a previous Houthi claim of striking the same air base with dozens of missiles and drones. Saudi oil exports are under pressure after the East-West pipeline linking Abqaiq to Yanbu was shut following earlier drone attacks. On the ground in Yemen, Houthi forces have moved along the Red Sea coast and taken positions near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb waterway, a key route for global oil shipments.
How this story developed
- Sep 8 Houthi strikes wound dozens in Saudi cities as coalition vows retaliation
- Sep 10 Saudi civil defence lifted the emergency alert in Khamis Mushait following the Houthi strikes.
- Sep 10 Intense fighting has erupted across Yemen's north, west and central zones, killing at least 194 people and wounding 880 in the past two weeks.
- Sep 10 Houthis intensified attacks on the al‑Makha district near the Bab al‑Mandeb Strait.
- Sep 11 Houthi units have moved onto the Hanish Islands and are pressing southward toward Bab al‑Mandeb.
- Sep 11 GCC nations issued a joint condemnation of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at the UN Security Council.
- Sep 11 The UN International Organisation for Migration says at least 46,000 Yemenis have been displaced since last week as clashes intensify.
- Sep 11 Houthis seized Perim Island and the town of Dhubab.
- Sep 11 Yemen's Saudi-led coalition said the Houthis attacked the Saudi Arabian southwestern cities of Khamis Mushait, Abha, and Jazan with ballistic missiles and drones.
- Sep 11 Iranian and Saudi diplomats held talks aimed at reducing regional insecurity.
- Sep 11 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Donald Trump to authorize U.S. strikes against the Houthis, but the United States limited its role to intelligence and targeting assistance.
- Sep 11 Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said the pipeline was targeted by several drones launched from Iraq, causing human injuries and damage.
- Sep 14 The displacement figure has risen to nearly 86,000.
- Sep 16 Houthis announced they now occupy the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands.
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