Yemen Missiles Hit Facilities of Saudi Oil Giant Aramco

Local Editor

Yemeni forces have fired ballistic missiles at the facilities belonging to the Saudi state oil giant Aramco in the kingdom's southwest.

According to Yemen's al-Masirah television, the retaliatory attack took place on Friday, hitting targets in Saudi Arabia's Jizan region and causing considerable damage to the Aramco facilities there.

The strike on the transformer in Najran which lies just across the Yemen border, marked a rare hit on Saudi Arabia's infrastructure despite months of periodic bombardment of the area.

Attacks have intensified since the suspension in early August of United Nations-brokered peace talks.

Purported video of the incident circulating on social media showed heavy black smoke rising behind white storage tanks licked by orange flames.

Nearly 10,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in Riyadh's military aggression which lacks any international mandate.

The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen's facilities and infrastructure.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team