As the seventh anniversary of the Saudi military intervention in Yemen approaches the Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, the latter launched missiles against Saudi cities. These attacks were perpetrated while the Gulf countries are organizing a peace conference for March 29, boycotted by the Houthis.
“Expect more surprises”, title of the newspaper close to the Houthis Al-Masirah after the missile and drone attacks carried out by the Yemeni rebel movement against several Saudi targets, Saturday March 19 and Sunday March 20, which caused material damage without causing casualties.
On its front page, the newspaper claims in particular attacks against “installations [du géant pétrolier saoudien] Aramco in Riyadh and elsewhere” and soft targets in seven other Saudi cities.
These are a power plant in Dhahran and a desalination plant in Al-Shaqeeq, specifies the Saudi daily Arab News, which states that an Aramco oil tank caught fire in Jeddah, on the Red Sea.
The Saudi newspaper Specimen adds that in Yanbu, north of Jeddah, a refinery run by the petrochemical company Sinopec was damaged and had to reduce its production. At least four booby-trapped drones have been intercepted, according to the Saudi press.
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“In the context of the attacks on its oil facilities by the Houthi terrorists, the Saudi kingdom absolves itself of all responsibility in the event of insufficient oil supplies from world markets”, title in reaction the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh.
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Philippe Mischkowsky