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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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Roundup: Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Aramco facility in Riyadh-Xinhua

SANAA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group said Saturday it launched ballistic missiles and drones at an Aramco facility in the Saudi capital Riyadh, in retaliation for what it described as intensified Saudi air and missile strikes on Yemen. In a statement broadcast by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea claimed the attack achieved its objective, with "direct hits" setting fire to the targeted sites. He said the attack was in response to what the Houthis described as Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and other Houthi-controlled areas earlier in the day. In a separate statement on Saturday, Sarea said 60 air and missile strikes had hit Yemen over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of such attacks since the latest escalati...
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Airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa: sources-Xinhua

SANAA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A series of powerful explosions rocked Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Saturday, as the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported fresh "Saudi airstrikes" on the city amid a sharp escalation in the country's conflict. More than seven explosions were heard across Sanaa within a short period, local residents told Xinhua on Saturday, adding that the sound of warplanes could be heard overhead as the blasts shook several parts of the city. They said that the strikes appeared to hit several Houthi-held military sites, with plumes of smoke seen rising from the mountainous areas of Al-Nahdayn and Jabal Attan in different parts of Sanaa. Meanwhile, the al-Masirah TV confirmed that Sanaa had been hit by airstrikes on Saturday, describing them as "Saudi aggression," but d...
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