Houthi rebels claim attack on Saudi oil facility in Riyadh
Yemenโs Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed attacks against facilities of Aramco, the world's largest oil company, in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.
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Yemenโs Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed attacks against facilities of Aramco, the world's largest oil company, in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.
Flames and smoke were seen rising from a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of the kingdomโs capital Riyadh on Saturday, an AFP journalist said. The circumstances remained unclear but in recent weeks Aramco, majority-owned by the Saudi state, has come under attack from the Houthi group targeting the kingdom as part of the war in Yemen where Riyadh is backing the internationally recognised government. Aramco remains the flagship company of the Saudi economy and one of the largest...
Yemenโs Iran-backed Houthis struck an electricity distribution station supplying the Prophetโs Mosque in Saudi Arabiaโs holy city of Medina, the Saudi-led coalition said Thursday, drawing condemnation across the Muslim world. The Houthis denied involvement in the drone attack, which came as fighting intensified between government forces and rebels in Yemen.
Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker and safely landed the plane in Saudi Arabia.
The Israeli government believes an incident on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, which diverted to Saudi Arabia after transmitting emergency signals on Wednesday, may have been an attempted "terror attack" by one of the pilots. France 24โs Shirli Sitbon takes a look at what we know about the incident so far, with many of the details still emerging.
Pakistan says Islamabad will make โwhatever meansโ available to Saudi Arabia if Saudi faces threats from the Houthis.
Top US and Saudi diplomats discuss cooperation on security challenges, including hostilities with Yemen's Houthis.
Seven people were killed and 40 injured in a Saudi airstrike on a market in Yemenโs Taiz province, as Houthi forces advance and Saudi-led air raids intensify.
Defence chiefs from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have been meeting in Riyadh to discuss support for Saudi Arabia.
Just a month after Saudi Arabia signed a regional mutual defence deal with Pakistan and Turkey, attacks by Yemenโs Houthis against the kingdomโs energy infrastructure and military sites are testing the pactโs limits. At a hastily convened meeting of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Riyadh on Friday, military chiefs of the three parties reaffirmed their commitment to collective defence, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The agency said the talks focused on โintelligence cooperation,...
Speaking to broadcasters TF1 and France 2, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced that โmilitary resourcesโ will be sent to protect the Yanbu oil site in Saudi Arabia, integral to maintaining the kingdomโs fuel exports and increasingly threatened by Yemenโs Iran-backed Houthi rebels.ย
France is sending military to protect key Yanbu oil terminal; Pakistan and Turkiye to hold military talks with Riyadh.
President Emmanuel Macron said France would send troops to defend an oil plant in Saudi Arabia as the Iran-backed Houthi militia took responsibility for new attacks on the kingdom. Macron said in a television interview Thursday with TF1 and France 2 that he would send soldiers and military support to help protect the Saudi port of Yanbu. Saudi Arabia came under attack from the Houthi militia on Thursday, with the kingdom saying it intercepted missiles fired towards the Red Sea port of Yanbu and...
Saudi Arabia intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday after warning several regions, including Mecca, of possible attacks. France said it would send military assets to help protect the Saudi oil terminal at Yanbu. The strikes came amid renewed fighting in Yemen that has killed dozens, according to sources cited by AFP.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said the whole international community should take responsibility for containing the Houthi threat.
UK to refuel Saudi fighter jets and France to secure energy infrastructure amid fighting with Yemen's Houthi group.
Saudi monarch's rare condemnation hints at sense of urgency in the kingdom amid ramped-up attacks from Yemen.
Ministers demand an end to maritime shipping attacks and urge Iran to stop arming the Yemeni group.
The G7 also condemns "in the strongest terms" Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, saying that the escalation in fighting in Yemen jeopardises global energy security.
Saudi air strikes on Yemen's Red Sea port of Mokha killed at least six people, the Houthi-affiliated news agency Saba reported Tuesday, as Iran-backed Houthis press their offensive. The escalation comes as the US and its allies face growing pressure to protect Saudi Arabia and regional energy infrastructure, while US President Donald Trump prepares to address the UN in New York. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on โ Monday he had โ agreed to a request โ from Saudi Arabia to provide defensive air-to-air refuelling for a limited time period, a move he described as helping to stabilise the wider region. Riyadh requested support after the Houthis, who control โthe most populous parts of Yemen, intensified their attacks on Saudi Arabia, a new front in the wider war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February. โWe have received a request from the...
Saudi Arabia is weighing Washingtonโs refusal to help fend off Houthi attacks after Riyadh requested US assistance, despite the two countries being longstanding allies and President Donald Trump and his family maintaining close personal ties with Saudi leaders. France 24 International affairs commentator Douglas Herbert shares further details on this alliance.
Yemeni group warns of further attacks on the kingdom.
The US cautioned against a rapidly escalating situation in Yemen after Houthi rebels carried out a missile attack on the Saudi capital. In recent weeks, the Iran backed militants have also seized large portions of Yemeni territory following clashes with Saudi-backed government forces. The US is a very close ally to Saudi Arabia. Yet, is visibly unwilling to intervene on its behalf โ why? Details and analysis by H. A. Hellyer, senior fellow in geopolitics at the Royal United Institute in Cairo.
Fighting between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia continues to intensify. On Saturday morning, a fire broke out near Riyadh's main airport after Houthis said they launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. On the ground in Yemen, Houthi rebels are pushing east in their fight against Saudi-backed government forces. Story by Caroline Baum.
Nawaf Obaid tells Al Jazeera that Saudi Arabiaโs response to Houthi attacks from Yemen will be massive.
Turkish FM highlights Turkiye's readiness to assist Saudi Arabia militarily, as Houthi attacks intensify in Yemen.
Yemenโs Houthis said they attacked โsensitiveโ sites in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday with missiles and drones, hours after flames and a large plume of smoke were seen near the cityโs main airport. Saudi Arabia had sent alerts overnight warning of potential danger around Riyadh, amid an escalation in attacks by the Houthis in the kingdom. Reuters video and photographs โshowed a huge pillar of black smoke rising in the area, with the airport highway, main terminal building and other...
The King Khalid International Airport incident caused hours of flight disruptions and comes amid an escalating conflict with Houthi rebels in Yemen.