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Yemen’s Houthis (Ansar Allah) announced six missile and drone attacks against Saudi oil facilities, airports and military positions on October 29, as Saudi Arabia reported intercepting ballistic missiles targeting its eastern region and capital, Riyadh.
In a statement, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the group’s military spokesman, said the operations targeted the Ras Tanura oil refinery, an Aramco facility in Abqaiq, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, the Rabigh oil refinery and a command center overseeing Saudi troop concentrations in Najran.
Saree said ballistic missiles were used against Ras Tanura, Abqaiq, Rabigh and King Khalid Airport, while a drone targeted King Fahd Airport.
The spokesman also said a missile attack on the Najran command center killed and wounded Saudi officers and soldiers.
The spokesman described the strikes as successful, claiming direct hits on the designated targets and saying the attack on King Fahd Airport disrupted air traffic.
Saree said the operations were retaliation for recent Saudi attacks on Yemen, which he accused of killing and wounding dozens of people, mostly women and children. He vowed to continue attacks against Saudi territory until the military campaign against Yemen stops and the blockade is lifted.
“Our operations will continue deep inside Saudi territory, enforcing the equation of blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation,” Saree said.
The Saudi-led coalition said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired toward the Eastern Province early in the day. The coalition later announced that two additional ballistic missiles aimed at Riyadh had also been intercepted and destroyed.
Saudi authorities issued early-warning alerts in several areas, including Riyadh, Najran and Al-Kharj, before announcing that the danger had passed.
The interceptions came amid reports of further Saudi strikes inside Yemen. The Houthi-run health ministry said a Saudi airstrike on residential homes in western Taiz province on October 29 killed at least 13 people.
Houthi authorities also reported casualties from strikes on a market and a fuel station in Yemen’s northern al-Jawf province a day earlier, while a Houthi-run human rights body said a separate strike on a paint factory caused a large fire and warned of possible toxic contamination.
Despite recent reports suggesting that Saudi Arabia was willing to reach an understanding with the Houthis to end the current confrontation, the last round of strikes suggests that the two sides are still far apart.
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