Houthis Hit Saudi Arabia Again, Announce Third Phase Of Operation Breaking The Siege 3 (Videos)
On March 20 afternoon, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) announced that they had carried out yet another attack on Saudi Arabia.
In a statement, the group’s spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, said that the attack was the third phase of Operation Breaking the Siege 2 which was announced early on in the day.
According to the spokesman, a key oil facility of Aramco in the western Saudi city of Jeddah and vital targets in the Kingdom’s southern province of Jizan were targeted with several ballistic and cruise missiles.
“The armed forces renew their warning to the Saudi enemy that they have already begun to launch focused strikes, according to the bank of targets for breaking the siege, as promised,” Brig. Gen. Sari said.
Saudi Arabia acknowledged that Armco’s oil distribution facility in Jeddah was hit. The Saudi Press Agency said that the attack caused a fire in one of the facility’s storage tanks. However, there was no casualties.
An Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was attacked about an hour ago by Iran-backed Houthis. pic.twitter.com/JhQuwMb8Kk
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During the first and second phases of Operation Breaking the Siege 2, the Houthis targeted a number of vital facilities in western and southern Saudi Arabia with suicide drones as well as ballistic and cruise missiles. A number of the Houthis’ drones were intercepted by the Saudi-led coalition.
قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف “تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن” تنشر لقطات فيديو توثق عملية اعتراض وتدمير 4 طائرات مسّيرة مفخخة أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران تجاه المملكة فجر الأحد لاستهداف الأعيان المدنية و المنشآت الاقتصادية.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/Lxdx8iXw4a
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قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف “تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن” تنشر لقطات فيديو توثق عملية اعتراض وتدمير 4 طائرات مسّيرة مفخخة أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران تجاه المملكة فجر الأحد لاستهداف الأعيان المدنية و المنشآت الاقتصادية.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/73bb442gtg
— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 20, 2022
The Houthis said that the large-scale operation was carried out in response to the Saudi-led coalition’s strict blockade on Yemen.
Surprisingly, the Saudi-led coalition said in a statement that it will reserve its right to respond to the Houthis’ operation in order to facilitate the new Saudi-led peace initiative for Yemen. Saudi Arabia hopes to launch the initiative before the end of March.
“The Houthis should not repeat their mistakes in misinterpreting the coalition’s efforts to end the crisis,” the coalition’s statement reads.
The Houthis may escalate their attacks on Saudi Arabia even further in the upcoming few days in order to improve their position before agreeing to the peace talks.
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