The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen on Monday claimed drone attacks on the oil pumping stations along Saudi Arabia’s vital East-West Pipeline, plus a new missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, just hours after it resumed limited operations following a previous Houthi missile attack.
\n\nThe East-West Pipeline runs about 750 miles from the refineries of Abqaiq to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. It has become a vital part of Saudi Arabia’s effort to bypass the menace of Iranian terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz by shipping oil through the Red Sea.
\n\nThe pipeline was attacked by the Houthis in mid-September, prompting a safety shutdown for about two weeks. It has since returned to pumping oil at nearly its optimum capacity. There was no immediate confirmation of damage to the pumping system from Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Aramco.
\n\nThe Houthis also took responsibility for launching a ballistic missile at King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh. The Saudi military coalition said it intercepted the missile and destroyed two ballistic missile launchers near Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, which the Houthis occupied in 2014.
\n\nThe coalition claimed it destroyed a total of four Houthi…
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