Houthis say airstrikes hit Red Sea oil port and telecom site in Yemen

Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group said a series of airstrikes struck Ras Isa port, a major oil terminal on the Red Sea coast in the western province of Hodeidah, including a berth at the facility and a commercial vessel docked there.

Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported on Sunday evening that the strikes were carried out by what the group called “Saudi aggression.” The channel did not immediately provide details on casualties or the extent of damage to the port or the vessel.

The broadcaster later said another airstrike hit a telecommunications facility southeast of Saada city, the capital of the Houthis’ northern stronghold of Saada province. It attributed that attack to Saudi warplanes, adding that no casualties were immediately reported.

In a statement posted on X, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea claimed that 75 air and missile strikes had hit Saada, Taiz, Amran, Ibb, Dhamar, Lahj, Hodeidah and Al-Jawf provinces over the past 24 hours. He said the attacks had caused civilian casualties and brought the total number of strikes since the latest escalation began to 3,830. The figures could not be independently verified.

Separately, the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a drone and a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia’s southern region.

The exchange marks a further escalation in cross-border hostilities, with Saudi strikes targeting Houthi-held areas in Yemen while the Houthis continue to launch missiles and drones toward Saudi territory.

Yemen has been in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of northern Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in support of the internationally recognised Yemeni government.

(Inputs from IANS)