CAIRO (AP) — Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-backed Yemeni government described the rebels’ swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a “painful” development in a new front in the Iran war.
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Houthi rebels in Yemen have accused Saudi Arabia of striking a prison in the north, escalating tensions between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces
Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of striking a prison on Monday in the country's north, killing seven, including a child, as tensions escalate between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces.
CAIRO (AP) — Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of striking a prison on Monday in the country’s north, killing seven, including a child, as tensions escalate between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces.
The attacks ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in the southern part of the country, forcing them to shut down operations, the Saudi's Energy Ministry said.
By Enas Alashray, Nayera Abdallah and Jana Choukeir CAIRO/DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in the south of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major expansion of the …
By Enas Alashray and Nayera Abdallah CAIRO/DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked energy facilities and cities inU.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and underscoring the risk of the Iran conflict escalating into a wider regional war.
By Kathleen Magramo, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Saudi-led coalition forces are vowing a resolute response to a wave of attacks from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels early Tuesday that it said wounded at least 73 civilians.
By Kathleen Magramo, Eyad Kourdi, Tim Lister CNN (CNN) — Saudi-led coalition forces are vowing a resolute response to a wave of attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen that wounded dozens of civilians and caused fires at energy facilities.
DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - At least 73 people were injured in attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday, vowing to respond firmly to the latest outbreak of hostilities.
DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Operations at some energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, were halted on Tuesday following attacks by Yemen's Iran-alignedHouthis that wounded more than 70 people, Saudi authorities said.
Houthi attacks have ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in Saudi Arabia’s southern region and wounded more than 70 people. Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, a spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, said the attacks early Tuesday…
Saudi Arabia said operations at several energy facilities in the kingdom’s south were halted after attacks ignited fires, the latest escalation in the region bordering Yemen.
Yemen's Houthis said Saudi Arabia hit back with a series of strikes on Tuesday after the Iran-backed rebels targeted oil facilities and other sites, wounding dozens, in their heaviest attack in years. The rapid round of strikes and counter-strikes follows the unravelling of a four-year truce in July…
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday threatened to hit back after a wave of missiles from Yemen's Houthis set oil facilities ablaze and wounded dozens, the Iran-backed rebels' heaviest attack in years. The overnight attacks caused "temporary" shutdowns at oil sites and left 73 injured, Saudi authorities said, a …
Yemen's Houthi rebels struck a series of targets in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding 73, in their heaviest attack since the conflict reignited during the Middle East war. The Iran-backed rebels said they hit Abha International Airport, King Khalid air base and facilities belonging to state-owned oi…
By Kathleen Magramo, Eyad Kourdi, Nadeen Ebrahim, Tim Lister CNN (CNN) — Saudi-led coalition forces are vowing a resolute response to a wave of attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen that wounded dozens of civilians and caused fires at energy facilities.
The attacks come after weeks of escalating clashes between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen, which shattered a four-year truce in the country’s civil war. (Image credit: AP)
Attacks on Saudi Arabia Tuesday claimed by Yemen's Houthis wounded more than 70 people and ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom's southern region, authorities said, in a major escalation in the renewed conflict between an important US ally and the Iranian-backed rebel…
