Houthis claim to have hit Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan with drones

Smoke rises from a Saudi Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, on March 26, 2022, following a reported Yemeni rebels attack [ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images]

Yemen’s Houthi group claimed Thursday that it had targeted a Saudi Aramco refinery in the southwestern Saudi city of Jazan with two drones, Anadolu reports.

A military source, quoted by the Houthi-run Saba news agency, said the group’s forces targeted the Aramco refinery in Jazan with “two drones” and claimed the strike had hit its target.

The source said the attack was carried out in response to what it described as Saudi violations of Yemeni airspace and the country’s sovereignty in the northwestern provinces of Saada and Hajjah.

No further details were provided.

There was no immediate comment from Saudi authorities.

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