The Saudi-led Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said it has carried out a targeted military operation to cut off vital supply sources used by the Houthi terrorist militia to support its war effort, including facilities for storing, transporting and unloading fuel in Sana’a, Hodeidah and Dhamar.
The coalition’s official spokesman Major General Turki Al Malki said the coalition’s Joint Forces Command had established that the Houthi militia was using civilian sites and vital resources to support its military activities. These included the Al Sabah Central Station in Sana’a, underground reserve fuel storage facilities, fuel tanks and designated fuel transportation and unloading berths.
The coalition affirmed its commitment to international humanitarian law, noting that all possible precautions had been taken during the planning and execution of the operation to avoid civilian casualties or incidental damage.
The coalition’s Joint Forces Command called on civilians to evacuate the Yemen Petroleum Company’s Al Sabaha central oil station in Sana’a to ensure their safety ahead of the planned precision operation.
Major General Al Malki said the evacuation warning covered the specific site marked on the map attached to a statement published on his account on X. Meanwhile the Saudi Cabinet, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, affirmed that the Houthi terrorist militia would face the consequences of its repeated criminal attacks on Saudi airports, the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, pilgrims and visitors to the Two Holy Mosques, as well as civilian, economic facilities and infrastructure.
The Cabinet extended its deepest condolences and sincere sympathies to the families of the victims of these criminal attacks and wished the injured a speedy recovery.
It also stressed that Saudi Arabia would not allow any threat to the security and freedom of maritime navigation in the Red Sea and the Bab Al Mandab Strait.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call yesterday that Türkiye would continue to stand by Saudi Arabia amid attacks by Houthi militants, the Turkish presidency said.
In a statement, the presidency said Erdogan also condemned in the strongest terms the Houthi attacks and told the Crown Prince that he believed ‘this challenge will be overcome’. Nato member Türkiye and nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a joint defence pact in August, under which an attack on one party constitutes an attack on all.
President Donald Trump separately accused the Houthi militants of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm elections.
He warned that he would ‘never forget’ their attacks on Saudi Arabia, amid a widening regional conflict fuelled by the US war with Iran.
“The Houthis are behaving very badly,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
The US president accused the group of resuming attacks at Iran’s behest after a period of relative quiet following US strikes in Yemen last year.
Trump also made clear that his warning would extend beyond the November 3 midterm elections, saying, “I’ll be there after the elections, and I will never forget!”
The renewed attacks have raised concerns about disruptions to global oil supplies and shipping routes, threatening to push energy prices higher.
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