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What the reporting established
The rising tension in the Red Sea has threatened to further choke global shipping, because the rebels have stated they would close the Bab el Mandeb strait to Saudi-linked shipping. That strait, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is a vital shipping chokepoint, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
There were no documented strikes overnight in Iran, in an apparent break of nearly two weeks of consecutive nights of U.S. attacks, though tension remains high following a recent escalation between the two countries over Hormuz.
There was no immediate comment from Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom’s civil defense stated alerts sounded multiple times early Saturday in Yanbu and Jizan.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels stated they fired missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran continue to vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz. Yahya Saree, the Houthis’ military spokesman, stated in a prerecorded statement on Saturday that the attack targeted facilities of Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, in the Red Sea cities of Yanbu and Jizan.
Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles from Yemen, Greek security sources told Reuters, as fighting in a second front in the Iran war escalates. The rising tension in the Red Sea has threatened to further choke global shipping, because the Houthi rebels have stated they would close the Bab el Mandeb strait to Saudi-linked shipping.
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