Houthi drones aim at Aramco in Jazan as the UAE tells people to take shelter
The UAE told people to take shelter after detecting missiles aimed at its territory. Houthi agency Saba said drones hit the Aramco refinery in Jazan; Riyadh has not confirmed it. Fighting spread across seven Yemeni provinces.
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The UAE tells people to take shelter after detecting incoming missiles
The Interior Ministry of the United Arab Emirates sent a brief phone alert telling people to seek a safe place in the nearest secure building over potential missile threats, and the Ministry of Defence said it had detected missiles directed towards the country for the first time in months. The alert was lifted shortly afterwards. It was the first such warning since a false alarm in June and an alert in July over an attack that in the end never entered UAE territory; before that the last missile warning came in early May. The alert landed on a day when Iran's lead negotiator told parliament the Strait of Hormuz would stay closed until the United States met the conditions of the expired interim deal.[1]
Saba says Houthi drones struck the Aramco refinery in Jazan
Houthi news agency Saba, citing a military source, said the group had struck the Aramco refinery in Jazan on Saudi Arabia's southern Red Sea coast with several drones, presenting the attack as a reply to airspace violations over the Saada and Hajjah governorates. The account comes from the group's own media and Riyadh has not confirmed it. Yemen was drawn into the regional war in July, when the Houthis upended a 2022 truce with the Saudi-backed government and began attacking areas it holds as well as Saudi Arabia. Last month the group welcomed an Iranian plane landing in Sanaa, after which tit-for-tat attacks followed, and then declared a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia, which has led a coalition that bombed Houthi areas throughout the war. The Houthis have hit Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and repeatedly targeted the kingdom's oil facilities and airports.[2]
Fighting spreads across seven Yemeni provinces as the army counts 133 operations
Army spokesperson Colonel Majed al-Nuzaili wrote on X that at least 133 operations had been carried out against the capabilities and personnel of the Houthi group, with front-line army units taking part. The internationally recognised government says its forces conducted more than 100 military operations in 24 hours as fighting spreads. The offensive followed a claim by Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree of an attack on a Saudi-led coalition landing ship and four accompanying warships near the port city of al-Makha in Taiz province. Clashes have been reported in Marib, al-Jawf, Hadramout, Hodeidah, Taiz, al-Dhale and Lahj. A government strike on Sanaa airport in July, meant to stop a plane from Iran landing, led the Houthis to declare a naval blockade and order a general mobilisation, and government forces launched a pre-emptive operation on 6 August against what they called weapons-smuggling routes. The informal calm that began with a UN-brokered truce in 2022 has ended.[3]
