Houthis fire on Saudi oil sites; no US strike on Iran for first time in two weeks
Vessels transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of southern Yemen, July 25. Video shared on social media and verified by Reuters showed a large column of smoke rising from the direction of the Aramco refinery in Jizan.Two Asia-based trading sources said that they had been informed of potential damage to fuel and oil storage sites at Jizan.
- ▪Vessels transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of southern Yemen, July 25.
- ▪Video shared on social media and verified by Reuters showed a large column of smoke rising from the direction of the Aramco refinery in Jizan.Two Asia-based trading sources said that they had been informed of potential damage to fuel and oi
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Vessels transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of southern Yemen, July 25. AFP-YonhapATHENS/WASHINGTON — Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday, but the U.S. held back from launching air strikes on Iran for the first night in two weeks.Washington gave no immediate explanation of why it had abruptly halted a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes in retaliation for Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz since an interim deal to end hostilities collapsed."It seems that our dear Iran had a peaceful night last night," Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said on X.There were also no reports on Saturday of attacks from Iran on its Gulf neighbours, like those which have been taking…
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