Yemen: Military operation against Houthi militia and attack on Saudi Arabian pipeline

According to Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, the aim of the military operation launched on Sunday is to completely recapture all areas occupied by the Houthi militia. An army spokesman said the army carried out more than 1,100 attacks on militia positions. Fighter aircraft, artillery, rockets and drones were used.

Saudi Arabia has to close an important pipeline again

The government troops are supported by Saudi Arabia. The Houthi militia is an ally of Iran. The rival camps in Yemen have been engaged in heavy fighting for weeks. In September, the Houthi militia took control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast in a lightning offensive, thereby gaining access to the important Bab al-Mandab strait.

Recently they apparently managed another success against Saudi Arabia. After attacks, the country had to close the important east-west pipeline again on Monday. The AFP news agency learned from a source in the Saudi Arabian energy sector that operations were suspended after an attack on a pumping station. The attack in Churais, east of the capital Riyadh, caused “great damage”.

The pro-Iranian Houthi militia in Yemen said it carried out rocket and drone attacks on facilities owned by the Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco on Sunday. The East-West pipeline has been targeted several times since the beginning of the Iran War. After an attack a good three weeks ago, operations on the approximately 1,200 kilometer long line were interrupted for eleven days, according to the analysis company Kpler.