A Houthi missile strike in the Saudi city of Jeddah set fire to an Aramco Petroleum oil tank, which was extinguished after several hours of effort.
A spokesman for the Arab Coalition for Yemen, Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, said initial evidence indicated that the attack on Aramco’s petroleum distribution station in Jeddah at 5:25 a.m. on Friday was carried out by Houthis.
According to the state-run news agency SPA, the spokesman said that two tanks at the distribution station caught fire in the attack, which was brought under control, and no casualties were reported.
A spokesman for the Arab Coalition said Friday’s Houthi attacks had disrupted normal life in Jeddah and had made no difference.
It should be noted that last week, the Houthis attacked a petroleum products distribution station run by Aramco in Jeddah, while on Friday alone, the Saudi air defense system thwarted 16 Houthi attacks, in which drones and ballistic missiles were destroyed.
According to Arab media, a statement issued by the Saudi Press Agency on Saturday said that Houthi rebels were preparing four boats armed with weapons, and that destroying these boats thwarted a possible attack on oil tankers.
According to the SPA report, three “experts” in the field of explosives were killed during the attack on the port of Salif.