Saudi military strikes Houthis after its tankers are attacked
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that its coalition forces struck Houthi militia in Yemen after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea earlier in the week. Air defenses in Saudi Arabia reportedly intercepted two ballistic missiles from Yemen.
- ▪Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that its coalition forces struck Houthi militia in Yemen after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea earlier in the week.
- ▪Air defenses in Saudi Arabia reportedly intercepted two ballistic missiles from Yemen.
13 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 30 hours. Coverage spans 3 points on the political spectrum — 3 lean left, 7 centre, 1 lean right.
- ▪ Saudi Arabia strikes Huthi targets in Yemen after vessel was attacked in Red Sea — Egypt Independent
- ▪ Saudi military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after the Iran-backed militia attacked Red Sea shipping — CNBC — Top
- ▪ Saudi Arabia strikes Houthis after Iran-backed rebels target tankers — Financial Times — World
- ▪ Iran-backed Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi Arabia — BBC News
- ▪ Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi-controlled Hodeidah — Al Jazeera English
- ▪ Saudi-led coalition says it strikes Houthi targets in Yemen's Hodeidah - Reuters — Google News
- ▪ Saudi strikes Houthi sites in Yemen as conflict flares — South China Morning Post
- ▪ Saudi attacks target Houthi military sites at Hodeidah port city in Yemen — The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
- ▪ Saudi strikes target Yemen's Hodeidah, says Houthi-run Al Masirah TV — Straits Times — World
- ▪ Why Yemen's Houthi rebels are attacking Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea — CBS News — Top
- ▪ European Union slams 'inflammatory' Houthi Red Sea tanker attack — RFI English
- ▪ US strikes Iran again to 'diminish threat to mariners, vessels' after attacks on Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea — Dawn
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Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that its coalition forces struck Houthi militia in Yemen after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea earlier in the week. Air defenses in Saudi Arabia reportedly intercepted two ballistic missiles from Yemen. The latest salvos appeared to indicate an escalation in fighting in a second front in the Iran war. ezstandalone.cmd.push(function() { ezstandalone.showAds(109); }); The Saudi strikes “focused solely on legitimate military targets that the terrorist Houthi militia uses to threaten commercial vessels in the Red Sea,” Major General Turki Al-Malki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, said in a statement.
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