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Houthis fire on Saudi Red Sea oil sites
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Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had targeted and successfully struck sites belonging to Saudi state oil giant Aramco in Jizan and Yanbu.
Yanbu is Saudi Arabia's main Red Sea oil port, where millions of barrels a day are loaded, and has become the main route out for Saudi oil skirting the Strait of Hormuz that has been blockaded by Iran.
Jizan, which is located on the Red Sea close to the Yemeni border, is the site of a refinery with a capacity of 400,000 barrels per day.
Earlier, the Saudi-led military alliance opposing the Houthis said it bombed Houthi military positions on Friday in the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port of Hodeidah.
'MILITARY PUNISHMENT'Advertisement AdvertisementU.S. President Donald Trump on Friday vowed "major military punishment" for Tehran and the Houthis after the Houthis said they had struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea on Thursday.