Houthis Report Saudi Airstrikes on Key Red Sea Oil Port and Telecom Facility in Yemen

Yemen's Houthi group has reported a series of airstrikes on strategic infrastructure in the country's western and northern regions, including the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea coast and a telecommunications facility in Saada province.

Houthi-run Al-Masirah television reported on Sunday evening that several airstrikes struck Ras Isa port in the western province of Hodeidah. The attacks reportedly targeted a port berth and a commercial vessel docked at the facility. The channel attributed the strikes to what it described as "Saudi aggression".

No immediate information was available regarding casualties or the extent of damage to the port infrastructure and the vessel.

In a separate report, Al-Masirah said another airstrike hit a telecommunications facility southeast of Saada city, the provincial capital and a major stronghold of the Houthis in northern Yemen. The channel blamed Saudi warplanes for the attack. No casualties were immediately reported.

Meanwhile, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea claimed that 75 air and missile strikes had targeted eight Yemeni provinces over the preceding 24 hours. In a statement posted on social media platform X on Sunday, he named Saada, Taiz, Amran, Ibb, Dhamar, Lahj, Hodeidah and Al-Jawf among the affected areas.

Sarea further alleged that the attacks had caused civilian casualties and brought the cumulative number of air and missile strikes since the latest escalation began to 3,830. However, these figures and claims could not be independently verified, according to Xinhua news agency.

Separately, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had intercepted and destroyed a drone and a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards Saudi Arabia's southern region.

The latest incidents point to renewed tensions along the Saudi-Yemen border, with Saudi strikes targeting areas controlled by the Houthis and the group continuing to launch missiles and drones towards Saudi territory.

Yemen has been engulfed in a prolonged civil war since late 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and large parts of northern Yemen. Saudi Arabia subsequently led a military coalition that intervened in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognised Yemeni government. The conflict has since triggered a prolonged humanitarian crisis and repeated periods of regional escalation.

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