Houthis claim wide-ranging attacks in Saudi Arabia: airport, oil facilities and financial center in Riyadh

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A Houthi spokesman in Yemen announced that the group carried out a series of attacks using drones and missiles on Saudi territory. According to him, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Aramco offices and the financial center in the capital were targeted.

The group also claims it struck an oil facility in Abqaiq and pumping stations on Aramco's main pipeline in the country. No details on the extent of damage or casualties in the attacks have been released at this stage.

According to the Houthis, early in the morning the Saudi air force struck energy targets in Sanaa, including a gas station in the north of the city and a building of the group's oil company. The group also claims it acted in Yemen against forces in the al-Jawf, Marib and Lahij provinces.