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Houthis say they struck Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery
Yemen's Houthis said Tuesday they fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery and caused a fire; Riyadh had not confirmed the claim, Al-Monitor reported, carrying Reuters.
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- New headline Was: “Yemen's Houthis say they launched an attack on Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery”
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Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Al-Monitor)
Yemen's Houthis said Tuesday they had launched a ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery, the kingdom's largest, on the Gulf west of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Reuters dispatch carried by Al-Monitor1.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement that the attack caused a fire at the site, the report said1. Saudi authorities had not confirmed the attack1.
Al-Monitor's Reuters copy said the Houthis have stepped up attacks on Saudi Arabia since September1. It said nearly all of Saudi Arabia's oil exports move through Ras Tanura in the Gulf and Yanbu on the Red Sea, which the Houthis have attacked before1.
The same dispatch said Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter, that Saudi Arabia had contained a fire near the oil terminal at Ras Tanura in the early hours of the day1. Independent confirmation of damage was not in the account1.