Al-Masirah

Uh, this is from today, Saudi Arabia strikes oil facility in Yemen's capital, which is Sana'a, of course.

Uh, Tuesday in Sana'a, today in Sana'a, witnesses reported hearing explosions and the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV channel said Saudi aggression targets the oil company west of Sana'a.

Uh, footage posted to social media showed a large fire burning, uh, just outside the capital.

Other footage showed the aftermath of several smaller strikes within Sana'a, the capital.

Fuel facility hit in Houthi-held capital city.

A coalition of forces in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, carried out new airstrikes Tuesday on the Houthi rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa, the Houthi-run broadcaster Al-Masirah and residents said.

The strikes marked a fresh escalation in the widening Middle East crisis and came shortly after coalition spokesmen urged residents to evacuate the area for their safety.

Witnesses reported hearing strong explosions in Sanaa hours after the coalition struck Al-Sahuba fuel facility west of the city.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels said overnight airstrikes targeted the Red Sea island of Kamaran, the Onawas district north of the port city of Hodeidah, and Jaouf province.

The Houthi-run Al-Masirah satellite television network blamed Saudi Arabia today.

The kingdom did not immediately comment.

The reported airstrikes came hours after air raid sirens sounded on Monday in the Saudi capital Riyadh, where residents heard explosions.

The Coalition spokesperson said that people should leave an oil facility belonging to the Yemen Petroleum Company on the western outskirts of Sanaa before it was attacked.

AFP correspondent who reported the story firstly and AFP News published the story was there in Sanaa reporting heard an explosion while a breaking news alert on Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV channel said, quote, Saudi aggression targets the oil company in Al-Sabaha, west of Sanaa.

Saudi-led coalition is yet to confirm these reports, though.

Swiftly responding to the earlier coalition warnings, the Houthis had issued a threat to target Riyadh's international airport, a refinery, and an Aramco facility in Dammam if the strike went ahead.

By that account, the State Department and the Pentagon sent word over the weekend that Washington could also halt European purchases of American weapons for Ukraine.

It is attributed to two European officials and a third speaking to the broadcaster CNN.

Neither government has confirmed it, and we carry it as reporting rather than fact.

What is at stake, if the reporting is right, is specific.

A tanker was struck by a drone near Sohar in Oman, and a second damaged transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations.

A commodities analyst at the Swedish bank SEB said the sense of some kind of normality of exports from the Strait of Hormuz was shattered last week.

In Yemen, the Houthi broadcaster Al Masirah reported Saudi airstrikes on the Red Sea island of Kamaran and in Jawf province.

The Saudis have not commented, and that is the Houthi account labeled as theirs.

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A Saudi-led coalition launched new airstrikes on oil facilities in western Sanaa, according to Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah and residents of Yemen's capital.

Today's strikes followed a coalition warning urging civilians to evacuate the Yemeni oil company site and nearby storage areas.

Witnesses reported hearing explosions.

The Houthi foreign ministry warned that further attacks would cause it to escalate.

Lest the Saudi enemy stops its aggression and interference in Yemen, worse is yet to come, God willing, the ministry said in statements carried by Houthi-run Al-Masirah television.

Despite the strikes, a long-planned international energy conference went ahead in Riyadh as planned on October 11th.

The five-day conference of international energy organizations, WPC Energy, opened as planned at a convention center about six miles from the airport.