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Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Saudi refinery
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleYemen’s Houthi rebel group takes responsibility for a fire that broke out overnight at an Aramco refinery in Jizan, Saudi Arabia.
A statement from the Iran-backed group’s armed wing says it successfully targeted the facility with a drone, in response to overflights from Saudi UAVs.
The Saudi Energy Ministry said earlier that firefighting teams had extinguished a fire that broke out at the Jizan refinery around dawn. No injuries were reported.
Jizan is located on the Red Sea in southern Saudi Arabia, near the border with Yemen.
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