The Iran-backed Houthis have escalated attacks on the Saudi-backed Yemeni forces, days after the United States moved to delist the rebels as terrorists and stepped up efforts to de-escalate the six-year conflict.
Yemen’s internationally recognised government has welcomed US President Biden’s renewed efforts to end the region’s conflict, sentiments echoed by Iran-backed Houthis as grinding six-year war perpetuates world’s “worst humanitarian disaster”.
Saudi Arabia's campaign against the Houthis has prompted a widespread humanitarian outcry amid repeated atrocities, including the 2016 targeting of a funeral in Sanaa, the rebel-controlled capital, that killed more than 100 victims.
A Houthi military spokesman said the attack on Aramco's site in Jeddah was carried out with a Quds-2 type winged missile.
Reports about a military drawdown come at a time when the UAE is deeply involved in the complex conflict and faces global scrutiny over its role.
Yemen's Houthi rebels say they fired the ballistic missile targeting the Yamama palace, the official residence of King Salman.
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