Houthis Strike Saudi Aramco’s Jizan Refinery With 2 Drones as Attacks Reach 3 Since July 24
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Updated · Institute for the Study of War · Aug 13
Houthis Strike Saudi Aramco’s Jizan Refinery With 2 Drones as Attacks Reach 3 Since July 24
3 articles · Updated · Institute for the Study of War · Aug 13
Summary
Two Houthi drones struck Saudi Aramco’s Jizan refinery on Aug. 13, according to a Houthi military source, in what would be the third attack on the facility since July 24.
Houthi media said the strike answered Saudi airspace “violations” and recent Saudi attacks in Yemen’s Saada and Hajjah governorates.
Saudi officials and state media had not confirmed the refinery attack at the time of the report, leaving the extent of any damage unclear.
Saudi-backed National Resistance Forces also said they sank 2 Houthi vessels in the Red Sea over the past two days, including one described as a one-way drone attack platform.
The refinery strike fits a broader Houthi campaign against Saudi oil infrastructure and Red Sea shipping aimed at raising the economic and political cost of Saudi pressure on Houthi ports and airports.