
サウジアラビアのエネルギー省は8日、南部エネルギー施設がイエメンの親イラン武装組織フーシ派に攻撃され火災と一部稼働停止が発生したと発表。有志連合によるとアブハやジザンなどで女性や子供含む73人が負傷。
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イエメン内戦においてサウジ主導の有志連合と親イラン武装組織フーシ派が敵対している。
【カイロ時事】サウジアラビアのエネルギー省は8日、南部のエネルギー施設がイエメンの親イラン武装組織フーシ派に攻撃され、複数箇所で火災が発生、一部が稼働を停止したと発表した。フーシ派は同日、イエメン内戦で敵対する暫定政権を支援するサウジに対し「大規模な軍事作戦」を実施したと主張した。
サウジ主導の有志連合の報道官は国営通信を通じ、南西部アブハやジザンなどが攻撃を受け、女性や子供を含む73人が負傷したと表明。「断固として立ち向かうため、必要なあらゆる作戦措置を取る」と述べた。フーシ派はアブハとジザンにある国営石油会社サウジアラムコの施設や空港、空軍基地が標的だったと明らかにした。
フーシ派は7日の声明で、サウジ軍が同派支配下のイエメン北部ジャウフ州など各地で刑務所や民家を空爆し死者が出たと非難。「報復は免れない」と警告していた。
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有志連合によるフーシ派への作戦措置の実施
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Multiple South Korean media outlets have reported that the South Korean government is preparing to dispatch South Korean military maritime patrol aircraft and supply ships to support U.S. forces operating in the Strait of Hormuz. Officials at the presidential palace denied the decision but said they were considering options.

The Ministry of Defense announced a budget request for fiscal year 2027 of 8,890.8 billion yen, the largest ever. The plan is to focus on responding to "new ways of fighting" that utilize AI and unmanned aerial vehicles, and plans to reorganize the organization, including establishing a Retired Self-Defense Forces Support Agency. The total amount may increase further when the budget is compiled at the end of the year.

In the Ministry of Defense's budget request for fiscal 2027, a number of ``item requests'' were added that did not specify specific amounts, ahead of the revision of three security-related documents at the end of the year. The proposed budget is expected to expand further, with a record high of 8.8908 trillion yen.

The budget request for fiscal year 2027 released by the Ministry of Defense includes measures for ``new ways of fighting'' such as the use of AI in joint operations commands and the development of underwater-launched hypersonic guided missiles.
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According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea launched more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the Sea of Japan. Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who is visiting India, said that it is presumed that the missile fell outside the EEZ. It is believed that this was in response to the US-South Korean joint military exercises.