Yemen’s missiles created panic in Saudi Arabia. Oil facility belonging to Aramco targeted, explosions and power outage in Jizan. Will a new war in the Middle East start from the Red Sea?
Riyadh/Sanaa:The Middle East is once again sitting on a pile of gunpowder. Several horrific missile and deadly drone attacks have been carried out one after the other on Saudi Arabia from Yemen. These attacks not only shook Saudi Arabia’s Jizan industrial city, but an important oil facility of Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has also been directly targeted. After this attack, there has been panic in the entire region and lines of concern have been raised about the supply of crude oil at the global level. The informal peace that has been going on between the two countries for some time has now completely broken.
Has the world’s largest oil company become a target again?
The biggest concern after the attacks was that an oil facility belonging to Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, was targeted. Although the damage has not been officially confirmed, regional sources claim the missile and drone attacks were aimed at affecting energy infrastructure. Aramco is counted among the most important companies in the global oil supply. In such a situation, if its production or export capacity is affected, it may affect international crude oil prices and the global market.
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Explosions shook life: Gunpowder rained from the sky at midnight
Missiles and suicide drones suddenly appeared in the sky of Jizan city of Saudi Arabia piercing the darkness of the night. Before Saudi Arabia’s air defense system could be fully activated, massive explosions hit a vitally important strategic facility in the Jizan industrial city. According to reports from Arab sources, Yemen’s Houthi fighters targeted a major oil facility belonging to the oil giant Aramco with very precise targeting. The blasts were so powerful that the earth in many nearby areas trembled and flames were seen in the sky.
City immersed in darkness: ‘Emergency alert’ issued in Yanbu province
The impact of this horrific attack was not limited to industrial losses only. Immediately after the missile and drone strike, there was a power failure in many residential and commercial areas of Saudi Arabia. The entire area was suddenly engulfed in darkness. Yemeni counter-attacks have badly hit not only Jizan but also key areas like Yanbu and Damad. Seeing the worsening situation, Saudi Civil Defense took immediate action and issued an emergency alert on the National Early Warning Platform for Yanbu province. Citizens are being appealed to stay in safe places.
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Two years old peace broken: ‘Bloody revenge’ of Saudi attack on Hodeida
This sudden attack is not a coincidence, but is the result of a fire that has been smoldering for the last few days. In fact, late on Friday night, Saudi Arabia carried out rapid air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi controlled city of Hodeida. The attacks targeted the facilities of the Telecommunications Authority of Hodeida and Qamran Island. After this, the Houthi Foreign Ministry had openly warned that Saudi Arabia would have to pay a heavy price for this audacity. Breaking the informal peace that has been going on for two years i.e. 2022, the Houthis have carried out this bloody retaliation.
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Blockade in the Red Sea: A major threat to global trade
The tensions began when the Houthi group attacked Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea with drones and missiles on Wednesday, badly damaging at least one giant ship. The Houthis claim that they have taken this action as part of the blockade announced on July 20, which was a befitting reply to the attack on Sanaa airport. Now, with the clouds of war looming over important international waterways like the Red Sea, the world’s concerns regarding global trade and shipping routes have reached their peak. The ongoing proxy war between America and Iran has added fuel to this fire.
Retaliatory attack came after Houthi’s warning?
This attack has come at a time when Saudi Arabia had recently taken military action in the Houthi-controlled Hodeida region of Yemen. Houthi-linked media had claimed that the attacks targeted telecommunications facilities and some areas of Kamran Island, in which a woman was injured. Following the attack, the Houthi leadership warned that Saudi Arabia would have to pay a “heavy price”. Now the latest missile and drone attacks are being seen as a response to the same warning.