{"id":2445,"date":"2026-08-09T14:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2026-08-09T14:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:06:39","slug":"houthis-claim-attacks-on-saudi-arabian-oil-facility-and-yemeni-port-and-other-mideast-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2445","title":{"rendered":"Houthis claim attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facility and Yemeni port, and other Mideast news"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yemen\u2019s Houthis<\/span> attacked a crucial port on the Red Sea, killing people and further escalating the conflict over strategic waterways in the Middle East. They also said they attacked an oil facility on Sunday in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the latest attack by the Iranian-backed rebels on the kingdom. <\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Iran<\/span> has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz<\/span>, the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry<\/span> to accelerate production of weapons and Israel is insisting it won\u2019t withdraw from Gaza until Hamas disarms.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at developments across the Middle East on Sunday. Full coverage can be found here<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Houthis target Aramco refinery, Red Sea port<\/h2>\n

The National Resistance Forces, a Yemeni government-allied force, said at least seven people \u2014 four troops and three civilians \u2014 were killed and 15 civilians were injured in the Houthis\u2019 attacks Sunday on Mokha, a crucial port on the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

Fayed al-Noman, assistant undersecretary of the information ministry, said the Houthis fired missiles and drones on the port, severely damaging its buildings and pier as well as commercial goods and food supplies at the facility.<\/p>\n

Mokha is one of the main ports under Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized government, renovated in recent years to handle shipping that avoids the Houthi-held ports in Hodeida.<\/p>\n

The Houthis later claimed the attack, saying they fired \u201ca large number of ballistic missiles and drones\u201d that targeted military enforcement and warehouses in the area.<\/p>\n

Yahya Saree, a military spokesperson for the Houthis, said they also targeted an Aramco refinery in the city of Jazan with a drone. The attack was in response to Saudi drones\u2019 breaching Yemen\u2019s airspace over the provinces of Hajjah and Saada, he said.<\/p>\n

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Early on Sunday, the Saudi Energy Ministry reported a fire at a facility belonging to the Aramco refinery without casualties. The ministry said the fire was extinguished but it didn\u2019t describe its cause.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s Houthi attack is the latest in a series of missile and drone attacks that have targeted Saudi Arabia and its shipping in the Red Sea. <\/p>\n

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The escalation threatens to reignite Yemen\u2019s civil war more than four years after a 2022 truce stopped major fighting in the impoverished Arab country.<\/p>\n

\u2014 by Samy Magdy in Cairo.<\/p>\n

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