The armed forces of the Ansarallah Houthi movement launched a barrage of missiles into Saudi Arabia overnight in retaliation for Saudi air strikes in Yemen’s Hodeidah province on Friday which had been in retaliation for the Yemeni strikes on two Saudi tankers the day before. The Yemeni (Houthi) Armed Forces confirmed in a statement that they launched two operations against Aramco facilities, one in Yanbu and the other in Jizan, in response to the “blatant and criminal aggression” by the Saudis in Hodeida province. “These airstrikes resulted in material and incorporeal damage, and air defenses engaged with a formation of enemy aircraft after they violated Yemeni airspace, preventing them from committing further crimes against this great nation,” the statement said.
“We affirm that the naval blockade imposed on the Saudi enemy remains in effect, in response to its aggression and its unjust blockade that has persisted for twelve years,” it concluded. “We will not hesitate to expand our operations and escalate our actions based on developments in the coming hours and days, within the equation of a blockade for a blockade and an escalation for an escalation.”
