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Houthi Attacks Escalate: Medina Power Station, Yanbu Oil Terminal Targeted in Saudi Arabia
- •Allegations of Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting Saudi Arabia are becoming more serious with recent attacks.
- •A drone attack occurred on the Taiba power station, which supplies electricity to the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.
- •Initial reports indicate an aerial attack and fire at Saudi Aramco's North Terminal in Saudi Arabia's Yanbu industrial port.
- •Yanbu is a major industrial and oil export hub, crucial for Saudi Arabia's crude oil transport with a capacity to load 1.5 million barrels daily.
- •The Houthis have denied the Medina power plant attack, claiming Saudi Arabia is trying to divert attention from previous accusations.
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Yanbu is a major industrial and oil export hub on the Red Sea coast that can load about 1.5 million barrels of crude oil daily. It provides an alternative export route for crude oil transported from eastern fields via the East-West Pipeline, bypassing potential disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Yemeni Houthi rebels targeted the Taiba power station, which supplies electricity to the Prophet's Mosque (Masjid-e-Nabawi) and nearby civilian facilities in Medina. Although the attack destroyed a transformer, the coalition reported that the city's overall power supply remained unaffected.
Several Muslim nations and international organizations strongly condemned the attacks, particularly the strike on the Medina power station. The UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Turkey issued statements of solidarity, while the GCC Secretary-General described the targeting of holy sites and critical infrastructure as a serious escalation.
