
Energy Minister Abdelaziz Ben Salman acknowledges that the kingdom's infrastructure is being tested by the Yemeni strikes.
Saudi Arabia recognizes that its infrastructure and institutions are being tested by the deadly strikes by Yemeni Houthi rebels, after an unprecedented attack on Riyadh airport.
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Saudi Arabia faces a protracted conflict with Yemeni Houthi rebels.
Saudi Arabia officially recognized this through the voice of the half-brother of the crown prince, Mohammed Ben Salman: the kingdom, its “infrastructure (its) institutions, (its) teams, and (its) resilience are being tested” by the deadly strikes of its neighbors, the Yemeni Houthi rebels, admitted Monday Abdelaziz Ben Salman, the all-powerful Minister of Energy.
In Riyadh, there is not panic, but the fear of a war whose initiative escapes the Saudis is palpable, confides an expatriate, three days after the attack, attributed to the Houthis, against the airport of the capital, which killed 13 people, the deadliest in twelve years of conflict.
“This night (from Monday to Tuesday, Editor’s note), there was another alert, we heard the sirens, then boom, boom,” he said. A projectile, probably a ballistic missile, was intercepted above the airport. This morning, life goes on, but the fear is knowing what will happen to the events planned for the end of...

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