Fire extinguished at Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia's Jazan; Yemen's Houthis claim attack

Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed on Sunday they struck an Aramco oil refinery on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast with a drone, per Dawn. The group's military spokesman said the attack on the Jazan facility was retaliation for Saudi drone incursions into northwest Yemen. Saudi Arabia's energy ministry confirmed firefighting teams extinguished a blaze that broke out at dawn, reporting no injuries. The attack marks the second targeting of the facility in a month—a July strike previously caused production disruptions when it damaged key refinery systems. The incidents reflect a broader deterioration: the years-long truce in Yemen's civil war essentially collapsed last month as regional tensions between Iran-aligned and U.S.-aligned forces re-escalated.

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