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“The Houthis have also struck Saudi airports, ports and oil facilities.”

“A 2022 truce that had halted most fighting collapsed last month, as the Houthis launched a lightning offensive, seizing much of Yemen’s Red Sea coast from government forces and also attacking Saudi energy facilities and airports.”

“The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis has said it intercepted and destroyed four drones over Riyadh and other regions, the latest in a wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia’s airports and oil facilities.”

“Attacks on Saudi Arabia The request follows a barrage of attacks on the kingdom from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, including airports and oil facilities.”

“The Houthis, in turn, have repeatedly fired missiles and drones at Saudi airports, oil facilities and other infrastructure.”

“Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition says Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport has come under at least 20 Houthi attacks over the past 11 days with dozens of other airports, oil facilities and ports also targeted.”

“…following day, a raid killed an airline pilot and two other Saudi citizens, with several others wounded. - King Fahd International Airport in Dammam: Houthis claimed an attack on the airport in Dammam, the industrial port city on the Gulf coast, on Sunday. -…”

“The Houthis claimed two other attacks on the air hub earlier this week and on Sunday warned people to avoid Saudi airports.”

“The Houthis said on Thursday they had fired dozens of missiles and drones at Saudi targets, including a claimed strike on a “sensitive target” in Riyadh and on Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu.”

“The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah (supporters of God), have repeatedly fired missiles and drones into Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil flows from the world’s largest energy exporter.”

“The conflict has already spilled over beyond the country’s borders with the Houthis launching an attack on southern Saudi Arabia, targeting oil facilities and wounding dozens of people this week.”

“The Houthis on Tuesday said they targeted Saudi energy sites belonging to oil giant Aramco in southern areas, with the group’s military spokesperson calling it “a broad operation”.”

“Fighting between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Iran-aligned Houthi rebels has intensified along the country’s western Red Sea coast, along with expanding Houthi attacks on oil facilities and airports in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.”

“Yemen’s Houthis are threatening to keep targeting Saudi airports and oil sites in the coming days, with their attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities in Dhahran and Riyadh adding to the assault on King Khalid International Airport.”

“Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, has warned that cables, data centres and artificial intelligence (AI) facilities across the region could be attacked if war with the United States erupts again.”

“This strategic waterway, through which roughly a fifth of global oil and gas flowed before the war, has been largely closed to shipping following Iranian attacks since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28.”

“The recent attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, another key oil export route from the Gulf, as well as attacks by Yemen’s Houthis around the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb strait have compounded supply disruptions.”

“Late last month, the Houthis said they had attacked Aramco facilities in Yanbu, a Red Sea port on Saudi Arabia’s west coast.”

“The region hosts critically important facilities, including oil refineries.”

“With the Houthis’ history of attacking commercial vessels, their ties to Iran and their deep ideological opposition to the US, some experts question how far their assurances can be trusted.”

“The price of oil has only continued to inch upwards as the US-Israel war on Iran shows no signs of resolving and energy facilities and shipping routes, including the Strait of Hormuz, continue to come under attack.”

“It comes days after Saudi Arabia shut down its critical East-West oil pipeline – the kingdom’s key route for energy exports – after drone attacks in the area originating from Iraq.”

“The conflict has already spilled over beyond the country’s borders, with the Houthis carrying out attacks in southern Saudi Arabia, including oil facilities.”

“The US and Saudi Arabia justified the attacks by claiming Iran was responsible for recent drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities apparently launched from Iraqi territory.”