NewzYemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday struck a government-held port on the country's Red Sea coast, killing several people and deepening fears over threats to strategic Middle East shipping routes and a potential return to civil war. They also said they attacked an oil facility in neighboring Saudi Arabia.Meanwhile, Israel is rejecting a deal announced by President Donald Trump for Gaza. Details have emerged on the potential deal between Iran and Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz.
And the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons as concerns about shortages grow.Here’s a look at developments across the Middle East. Full coverage can be found here.Houthis target Aramco refinery and Red Sea portThe National Resistance Forces, a Yemeni government-allied force, said at least seven people — four troops and three civilians — were killed and 15 civilians were injured in the Houthi attack on Yemen's Red Sea port of Mokha.Fayed al-Noman, assistant undersecretary of the information ministry, said the rebels fired missiles and drones, severely damaging port buildings and piers as well as commercial goods and food supplies.
The military later said the Houthis tried to attack with an explosive-laden unmanned boat, and that missiles landed in several areas, including near a television channel.Mokha is one of the main ports under Yemen’s internationally recognized government and has been renovated to handle shipping that avoids the Houthi-held port of Hodeida.The Houthis claimed the attack, saying they targeted military forces and warehouses.Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesperson, said they also targeted an Aramco refinery in the Saudi city of Jazan with a drone in response to Saudi drones’ breaching Yemen’s airspace over the provinces of Hajjah and Saada.The Saudi Energy Ministry reported a fire at a facility belonging to the Aramco refinery, with no casualties. The ministry did not say what caused it.The attacks threaten to reignite Yemen's civil war after a 2022 truce stopped major fighting in the impoverished Arab country.— by Samy Magdy in CairoDetails emerge about a potential Iran-Oman dealThe Strait of Hormuz, crucial to global supplies of oil and natural gas, was considered an international waterway before the war.Iran and Oman, which bracket the strait, are working to finalize a temporary deal that would … Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked an oil facility on Sunday in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the latest attack by the Iranian-backed rebels on the kingdom.
They also attacked a crucial port on the Red Sea, further escalating the conflict over strategic waterways.Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.Here’s a look at developments across the Middle East on Sunday. Full coverage can be found here.Houthis target Aramco refinery, Red Sea portYahya Saree, a military spokesperson for the Houthis, said they targeted an Aramco refinery in the city of Jazan with a drone.
The attack was in response to Saudi drones’ breaching Yemen’s airspace over the provinces of Hajjah and Saada, he said.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’t describe its cause.Sunday’s Houthi attack is the latest in a series of missile and drone attacks that targeted Saudi Arabia and its shipping in the Red Sea.A Yemeni government official said Sunday that the Houthis also attacked a crucial port on the Red Sea.Fayed al-Noman, assistant undersecretary of the information ministry, said the Houthis fired missiles and drones on the Mocha port, severely damaging its buildings and pier as well as commercial goods and food supplies at the facility.Mocha is one of the main ports under Yemen's internationally recognized government, renovated in recent years to handle shipping that avoids the Houthi-held ports in Hodeida.The Houthis later claimed the attack, saying they fired “a large number of ballistic missiles and drones” that targeted military enforcement and warehouses in the area.The escalation threatens to reignite Yemen's civil war more than four years after a 2022 truce stopped major fighting in the impoverished Arab country.— by Samy Magdy in Cairo.Details emerge about potential Iran-Oman dealThe Strait of Hormuz, crucial to global supplies of oil and natural gas, was considered an international waterway before the war.But Iran and Oman are working to finalize a temporary deal that would reopen the strait with ships entering the strait through a route close to Iran and exiting through a route c…
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