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Saudi oil sites, troops and Riyadh airport targeted: Houthis

Saudi oil sites, troops and Riyadh airport targeted: Houthis

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The Iran‑backed Houthi group said it carried out six operations that hit Saudi oil sites, troops and Riyadh airport, though Saudi officials have not confirmed any damage. In separate incidents near Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi health officials reported airstrikes that killed at least 25 people and wounded 30, while Houthi‑run al‑Masirah TV said another strike killed 11 civilians. The Houthi side blamed Saudi warplanes for the attacks.

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  • left · 1 outlet

    The Houthis have ​repeatedly denied targeting Mecca and Medina, Islam's ⁠two holiest cities, rejecting ⁠previous Saudi-led coalition accusations that it ‌had launched drones towards the cities

    — The Hindu

  • center · 3 outlets

    SANAA: Houthi media said on Saturday that Saudi strikes killed 22 people, most of them women and children, in Yemen's Sanaa province, as deaths mount in the country's civil war. The United Nations says more than 1,600 people have been killed and more than 300,000 displaced since fighting resumed in…

    — The New Indian Express

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The Iran-backed group, which is fighting a Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's government, allegedly launched six operations

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    Houthis say 22 killed in Saudi strikes on Yemen's Sanaa province

    SANAA: Houthi media said on Saturday that Saudi strikes killed 22 people, most of them women and children, in Yemen's Sanaa province, as deaths mount in the country's civil war. The United Nations says more than 1,600 people have been killed and more than 300,000 displaced since fighting resumed in…

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  11. The Hindu Center-Left Kasturi & Sons Ltd. Current article

    Saudi oil sites, troops and Riyadh airport targeted: Houthis

    The Iran-backed group, which is fighting a Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's government, allegedly launched six operations

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