Houthi missile attack, Jeddah oil installation caught fire

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 trying.

A spokesman for the Arab League for Yemen, Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, said the attack on Aramco’s petroleum distribution station in Jeddah at 5:25 a.m. on Friday was preceded by initial evidence that the attack was carried out by Houthis.

According to the state-run news agency SPA, the spokesman said that two tanks of the distribution station caught fire in the attack, which was brought under control but no casualties were reported.

A spokesman for the Arab League 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 under Aramco in Jeddah, while on Friday alone, the Saudi air defense system thwarted 16 attacks of the Houthis, in which drones and ballistic missiles were destroyed. Û”

According to Arab media, a statement issued by the Saudi Press Agency on Saturday said that the Houthi rebels were preparing four boats armed with weapons, destroying these boats and thwarting a possible attack on oil tankers. Has gone

According to the SPA report, three “experts” in the field of explosives were killed during the attack on the port of Salif.



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