The Houthi rebels have assured this Tuesday that they carried out a new series of attacks against airports and refining facilities in Saudi Arabia, while they denounced intense bombardments by Riyadh that would have caused “a high number of deaths” in Yemen.
In a note disseminated by their military authorities, the Houthi movement detailed that missiles and drones were launched against several targets on Saudi territory, including the King Khalid International Airport, located in the capital, as well as against facilities of the East-West pipeline that crosses the country. “The impacts were direct and caused fires and damage in the areas that were attacked,” the communique said.
Likewise, they reported another operation in which a complex of the oil company Aramco in the Abqaiq oilfield, in the east of the kingdom, was hit “successfully.” To these attacks are added actions against Saudi forces deployed in Yemen, specifically in the Lahej region, “leaving a high number of dead and wounded”.
The Houthis added that the financial district of Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, was also hit, assuring that it received a “precise impact”.
Escalation of Saudi bombardments with hundreds of victims
The announcement comes after the insurgent Yemenite authorities themselves have denounced a total of 109 air and missile attacks by Saudi Arabia against civilian targets in Sana’a and in the provinces of Al Jawf, Taiz, Amran, Sada, Marib and Lahej.
“The attacks were carried out by F-15 and Typhoon aircraft, which took off from the air bases of Jamis Mushait and Taif, as well as through missile attacks from Najran and Yizan,” the military spokesperson Yahya Sari said in a message disseminated on social media.
According to what the spokesperson said, these bombardments “left a high number of dead and wounded, including women and children.” After this offensive, the total toll of victims from Saudi air and missile attacks stands at 4,672, according to the figures provided by the Houthi authorities.