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This story has run 10 times over 12 days, starting Sep 9.

  1. Houthi missiles and drones hit 4 Saudi cities, wounding 73 and halting Aramco's 400,000-barrel-a-day Jazan refinery
  2. Houthis capture Yemen's Mokha from Saudi-backed forces 46 miles from Bab el-Mandeb
  3. UpdateHouthi forces captured Mokha and Perim island in the 28-kilometer Bab el-Mandeb strait.
  4. UpdateA day after the Bab el-Mandeb capture, maritime monitors have recorded no new transit halts
  5. UpdateSaudi Arabia shuts Hormuz-bypass pipeline, oil rises more than $3 with 4% of supply at risk
  6. UpdateHouthis seize two more Red Sea islands as Saudi pipeline faces 3-to-5-week outage
  7. UpdateSaudi Arabia suspends loadings at its last open oil terminal; September cargoes cancelled
  8. Attacks on Saudi export pipeline push WTI crude to $107.02 a barrel, a 30-day high
  9. UpdateHouthi missiles hit Riyadh, burning a fuel depot near King Khalid airport
  10. UpdateSaudi Arabia says it intercepted a Houthi missile aimed at Riyadh — this issue
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Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a Houthi missile aimed at Riyadh

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Political Guyentist · September 21, 20262 min read

REUTERS

Houthi official Mohamed al-Bukhaiti says the group will keep targeting Saudi Arabia while honoring its pledge not to attack U.S. vessels.

The attacks. Saudi Arabia reported no casualties after intercepting a missile aimed at its capital on Saturday, Sept. 19. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis also claimed to have targeted Aramco oil facilities in Yanbu. A fire was reported near Riyadh’s airport, but its cause has not been established. The reporting does not confirm that a missile hit the fuel depot. Oil prices rose following the attack, Reuters reported.

The U.S. warning. The State Department urged Americans across the Middle East to prepare for possible flight cancellations, airspace closures and other travel disruption. Americans outside the region should reconsider travel there. This was a travel warning, not an evacuation order. Washington Examiner

Catch upwhat happened before · 9 earlier issues
  • Sept. 9 — Houthi attacks wounded 73 people across four Saudi cities and halted Aramco’s Jazan refinery, which processes 400,000 barrels a day.
  • Sept. 10 — Brent crude (an international benchmark for oil prices) exceeded $100 a barrel, up from near $99; U.S. diesel reached $5.94 a gallon.
  • Sept. 11–12 — Houthis captured Mokha and Perim island beside the Bab el-Mandeb passage connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
  • Sept. 16 — Aramco suspended oil loadings at Yanbu and cancelled September cargoes.
  • Sept. 19 — Air-raid sirens sounded in Riyadh for the first time since fighting escalated in July; a fire appeared near its airport.
8 earlier issues