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Yemen’s Houthis claim fresh missile, drone attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities-Xinhua

SANAA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group said Sunday it launched ballistic missiles and drones at two Saudi Aramco facilities, including the Khurais oil complex southeast of Riyadh, marking a fresh escalation in the rapidly intensifying cross-border hostilities between the two sides. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement broadcast by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that the group carried out two separate operations using "a number of ballistic missiles and drones." Sarea said one operation targeted an Aramco facility in Riyadh and the other struck the company's oil facilities in Khurais, southeast of the Saudi capital, claiming both attacks "achieved their objectives" with precise hits that caused large fires. The claims could not be independently verified. ...
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Saudi airstrikes reported on Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa-Xinhua

SANAA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Loud explosions rocked Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa late Saturday, as the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported renewed Saudi airstrikes on the city. A Sanaa resident, speaking to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, said warplanes could be heard overhead as powerful blasts echoed across the capital, rattling windows and shaking buildings. "The blasts were so powerful that the ground shook beneath us," the resident said. "It felt like an earthquake. Our windows were rattling and the children woke up terrified." Local residents believed that the airstrikes targeted Houthi positions. Casualties were not immediately known. Earlier on Saturday, the Houthis said they had launched ballistic missiles and drones at an Aramco facility in the Saudi capital Riyadh in r...
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