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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) have claimed responsibility for a recent large-scale attack with missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia.
The attack, which began late on March 19 and ended in the early hours of March 20, targeted key facilities in Saudi Arabia’s southern and western regions, including al-Shuqaiq water desalination plant, an oil facility of Aramco in Jizan, Dhahran power plant, Khamis Mushait gas facility and Armaco’s gas liquidation factory in Yanbu.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Houthis, said in a statement that the Saudi facilities were targeted with suicide drones as well as cruise and ballistic missiles on two phases.
The large-scale attack, which was carried out in response to the Saudi-led coalition’s strict blockade on Yemen, was codenamed “Operation Breaking the Siege 2”.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces are will, with the help of God Almighty, carry out qualitative military operations to break the unjust siege” Brig. Gen. Sari warned. “The armed forces warn the criminal enemy of the consequences of the continued brutal siege on its facilities and economic projects.”
Saudi Arabia acknowledged that the Houthi attack resulted in material losses. However, the Kingdom didn’t report any casualties.
فيديو لبعض الأضرار المدنية التي خلفها الهجوم العدائي الذي استهدف محطة تحلية المياه بالشقيق ومنشآة أرامكو بجازان.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/wcrqRmP9nR
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مقاطع فيديو وصور لبعض الأضرار المادية جراء المحاولة العدائية من قبل المليشيا الحوثية لاستهداف محطة الغاز بخميس مشيط.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/2ekbP2HDf5— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 19, 2022
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مقاطع فيديو وصور لبعض الأضرار المادية جراء المحاولة العدائية من قبل المليشيا الحوثية لاستهداف محطة الغاز بخميس مشيط.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/4nwx8k0kbG— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 19, 2022
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مقاطع فيديو وصور لبعض الأضرار المادية جراء المحاولة العدائية من قبل المليشيا الحوثية لاستهداف محطة الغاز بخميس مشيط.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/YlUrZ76GGf— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 19, 2022
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مقاطع فيديو وصور لبعض الأضرار المادية جراء المحاولة العدائية من قبل المليشيا الحوثية لاستهداف محطة الغاز بخميس مشيط.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/UdEOBQmXWJ— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 19, 2022
التحالف: اعتراض صاروخ باليستي أطلق باتجاه مدينة جيزان لاستهداف المدنيين. #واس_عام pic.twitter.com/G4bIQWIAjb
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آثار الهجمات العدائية لاستهداف المنشآت الاقتصادية والأعيان المدنية.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/puaCyFdRJJ— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 19, 2022
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آثار الهجمات العدائية لاستهداف المنشآت الاقتصادية والأعيان المدنية.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/r7i7H2iP8s— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 19, 2022
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التحالف: نرصد ونتابع طائرات مسيّرة بالأجواء تستهدف المنشآت الاقتصادية والمدنيين.#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/P9NzTKiUUq— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 19, 2022
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التحالف: تصعيد الحوثيين العدائي استخدمت فيه الصواريخ البالستية والمسيرات وصواريخ الكروز. #واس_عام pic.twitter.com/b917gcWf6p— واس العام (@SPAregions) March 19, 2022
From its side, the Saudi-led coalition alleged that its air-defense means intercepted eight suicide drones and a ballistic missile.
In a statement shared by the Saudi Press Agency, the coalition said that the large-scale attack was the Houthis’ response to the new Saudi-led peace initiative for Yemen. The Kingdom was hoping to hold direct talks with the Yemeni group before the end of March.
“The Houthis’ escalation of hostile attacks is a rejection of peace efforts and initiatives,” the statement reads.
Between March 9 and 10, the Houthis carried out a similar attack on Saudi Arabia. The large-scale attack, codenamed “Operation Breaking the Siege 1,” targeted Aramco’s oil refinery in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and other facilities of the oil giant in the cities of Jizan and Abha.
The Saudi-led coalition will likely respond to the Operation Breaking the Siege 2 by resuming its airstrikes on Houthi-held areas in Yemen. The large-scale attack may have killed the Saudi-led peace initiative.
The Houthi freaks just lost the war already. Stop will all the drones drama bullshit. Those shitty drones won’t accomplish anything. The only way the Houthi terrorist freaks will ever get to visit Marib again will be on vacation.
You a Nazi or Zionist scum? Saudis are cowards as the Uki Nazis.
He’s both. Zionazi/Nazionist scum.
Ukrainian Asov neo-Fascists are just the paid militia rabble of Ukrainian Joo oligarchs. Same as US Antifa anarcho-BLM-LGBT’s are the paid militia rabble of US Joo oligarchs. These Joo oligarchs pay all sides and cal it “creative destruction”.
Ahhhh… sos medio pelotudo.
Sos medio pelotudo? We got Francisco Franco’s grandkid over here. Let’s all welcome him.
You are a grandkid of a syphilitic donkey inseminated by Bandera’s own dog.
Noooo he’s only “muslim” !
Shut up you fucking disgusting desert pig.
cope
It’s KSA that now seeks to negotiate with Houthi’s. KSA have long lost the war, it is a stalemate, they cannot strategically win. The Houthi’s are going to negotiate from the position of strength.
So, lets just recap, you support Ukrainian neo-Fascists and the US controlled Zelensky Regime, AND, the head chopping Saudi Sunni Theocracy, who BTW, just did a mass execution over this last weekend. Nice friends you like to keep, Yamil Yamulke.
Hey muhammad the paedophile,go back in bed with Aysha the 14 years old wife and let serious things for non paedophilic people ! Also if no Aysha take the goat herd for a sex party and f off to hell where ur mental paedophilic “profet” is spending his time for a while now ! 😀
We have lost have we not ? That’s why I see you guys running… You see…wars are not won with rumours. Keep talking and sending your mercenaries, that’s all you can do since you since you are too weak to fight your own wars…cowards.
Good job houthis keep whacking the Saudi scum.
Russians should supply Houthis with more missiles to completely destroy Saudi oil. So the West should finally switch to eco-friendly energy: timber
What happened to the billions dollars spend on patriot systems to protect the Saudi skies?
A houth drone a day keeps Saudisis away 🤗
Patriot air defense – shit as always. Oil price – even higher.