Iran-backed Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities later issued emergency alerts for the province of Jizan as the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the city of Jizan.Early on Saturday, the Houthis' Ansarollah media said on Telegram that a "Yemeni missile strike" had caused fires in the Saudi city of Jizan. "We disabled the tanker after the crew attempted to run the blockade at least four times prior," Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesman for US Central Command, told AFP."The crew was repeatedly warned, didn't comply, and US forces on scene disabled the ship after firing into its engine room," he said. "The ship is no longer transiting to Iran."Earlier, a delegation from Oman arrived in Iran's capital Tehran for talks on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported.
- ▪Saudi authorities later issued emergency alerts for the province of Jizan as the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the city of Jizan.Early on Saturday, the Houthis' Ansarollah media said on Telegram that a "Yemeni missi
- ▪"We disabled the tanker after the crew attempted to run the blockade at least four times prior," Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesman for US Central Command, told AFP."The crew was repeatedly warned, didn't comply, and US forces on scene dis
- ▪"The ship is no longer transiting to Iran."Earlier, a delegation from Oman arrived in Iran's capital Tehran for talks on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported.
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- ▪ Saudi military strikes Houthis after its tankers are attacked — Off The Press
- ▪ Saudi Arabia strikes Huthi targets in Yemen after vessel was attacked in Red Sea — Egypt Independent
- ▪ Saudi military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after the Iran-backed militia attacked Red Sea shipping — CNBC — Top
- ▪ Saudi Arabia strikes Houthis after Iran-backed rebels target tankers — Financial Times — World
- ▪ Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi-controlled Hodeidah — Al Jazeera English
- ▪ Saudi-led coalition says it strikes Houthi targets in Yemen's Hodeidah - Reuters — Google News
- ▪ Saudi strikes Houthi sites in Yemen as conflict flares — South China Morning Post
- ▪ Saudi attacks target Houthi military sites at Hodeidah port city in Yemen — The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
- ▪ Saudi strikes target Yemen's Hodeidah, says Houthi-run Al Masirah TV — Straits Times — World
- ▪ Why Yemen's Houthi rebels are attacking Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea — CBS News — Top
- ▪ European Union slams 'inflammatory' Houthi Red Sea tanker attack — RFI English
- ▪ US strikes Iran again to 'diminish threat to mariners, vessels' after attacks on Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea — Dawn
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Saudi Arabia and Houthis exchange fire as US attacks tanker in Hormuz StraitImage source, EPAImage caption, Iranian missiles, Zolfaghar, are on display at Azadi Square in the capital Tehran on FridayByHelen SullivanPublished7 minutes agoSaudi Arabia launched airstrikes on Houthi targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida and a nearby island on Friday, after the Iran-backed group announced a maritime blockade and attacked Saudi ships. Saudi authorities later issued emergency alerts for the province of Jizan as the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the city of Jizan.Early on Saturday, the Houthis' Ansarollah media said on Telegram that a "Yemeni missile strike" had caused fires in the Saudi city of Jizan.
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