Houthi attacks intensify across Saudi Arabia as oil prices rise
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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched a series of missile and drone attacks across Saudi Arabia over several days, targeting airports, oil facilities and military sites as Saudi forces intercepted additional projectiles near major cities.
Saudi aviation authorities said an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed a Saudi citizen and an Indian national and wounded eight others. Operations later resumed. Two more people were reportedly killed in a drone attack near an oil field, while Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said an intercepted strike outside Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah facility did not disrupt operations.
The Houthis also claimed attacks on the Saudi Defence Ministry in Riyadh, Aramco facilities in Yanbu and airports in Dammam and Abha. Saudi-led coalition forces said they destroyed drones over Riyadh and Medina and, during a later barrage, intercepted missiles and a drone targeting Riyadh, southern Saudi Arabia and areas near Mecca and Medina. Civil Defence said debris from two intercepted ballistic missiles fell in Jeddah, Taif, Rabigh and Wadi Al-Mughammas. The Houthis denied targeting Muslim holy sites.
The US State Department ordered non-essential embassy personnel and families of government employees to leave Saudi Arabia, warning that the hostilities could escalate rapidly.
Oil prices climbed amid concerns about supply disruption. Brent crude reached $115 a barrel on Friday, while West Texas Intermediate rose above $101. Saudi Aramco also told staff to leave its Dhahran headquarters and work remotely, according to people cited by Dawn.
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Written from 8 articles, 6 with the publisher's own text; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 546 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the unsupported Riyadh airport reference to Dammam, as identified in the cited reporting. - "The Houthis also claimed attacks on the Saudi Defence Ministry in Riyadh, Aramco facilities in Yanbu and airports in Riyadh and Abha.": The sources support Houthi claims of attacks on airports in Dammam and Abha, but do not support a Houthi claim of an attack on Riyadh airport in this series.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Houthi attacks intensify across Saudi Arabia as oil prices rise
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched a series of missile and drone attacks across Saudi Arabia over several days, targeting airports, oil facilities and military sites as Saudi forces intercepted additional projectiles near major cities.
Saudi aviation authorities said an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed a Saudi citizen and an Indian national and wounded eight others. Operations later resumed. Two more people were reportedly killed in a drone attack near an oil field, while Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said an intercepted strike outside Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah facility did not disrupt operations.
The Houthis also claimed attacks on the Saudi Defence Ministry in Riyadh, Aramco facilities in Yanbu and airports in RiyadhDammam and Abha. Saudi-led coalition forces said they destroyed drones over Riyadh and Medina and, during a later barrage, intercepted missiles and a drone targeting Riyadh, southern Saudi Arabia and areas near Mecca and Medina. Civil Defence said debris from two intercepted ballistic missiles fell in Jeddah, Taif, Rabigh and Wadi Al-Mughammas. The Houthis denied targeting Muslim holy sites.
The US State Department ordered non-essential embassy personnel and families of government employees to leave Saudi Arabia, warning that the hostilities could escalate rapidly.
Oil prices climbed amid concerns about supply disruption. Brent crude reached $115 a barrel on Friday, while West Texas Intermediate rose above $101. Saudi Aramco also told staff to leave its Dhahran headquarters and work remotely, according to people cited by Dawn.
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