Saudi Arabia and its state-run oil Saudi
Aramco did not immediately acknowledge
the blaze.
A raging fire has been reported at an
oil depot in the Saudi city of Jeddah
with Yemen’s Houthis rebels
acknowledging they had launched a
series of attacks on the kingdom.
Saudi state media on Friday reported
a string of drone and rocket attacks
by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi
group and a huge plume of black
smoke was seen rising in Jeddah
which is due to host a Formula One
race on Sunday.
While Saudi Arabia and state-run
Saudi Aramco did not immediately
acknowledge the blaze, it appeared
to be centred on the same fuel depot
that the Houthis attacked in recent
days.
Later on Friday, Houthi military
spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the
group attacked Aramco’s facilities
with missiles and the Ras Tanura
and Rabigh refineries with drones.
Sarea added that the attack also
targeted vital facilities in the Saudi
capital Riyadh.
The attacks targeted “Aramco
facilities in Jeddah and vital facilities
in the capital of the Saudi enemy,
Riyadh”, tweeted Saree. Facilities of
oil giant Aramco were also attacked
in Jizan, Najran, Ras Tanura and
Rabigh with “a large number of
drones”, he added.
Al Arabiya TV, quoting the coalition,
said the kingdom’s air defence
system destroyed two explosive-
laden drones targeting Najran.
Those on the F1 track could see the
large black smoke cloud in the
distance.
“The position at the moment is that
we are waiting for further
information from the authorities on
what has happened,” the F1 said in a
statement.
The attacks came as Saudi Arabia led
a coalition battling the Houthis, who
seized Yemen’s capital of Sanaa in
September 2014.
The kingdom, which entered the
Yemen war in 2015, has been
internationally criticised for its airs
raids killing that have killed dozens
of civilians – something the Houthis
point to as they launch drones,
missiles and mortars into the
kingdom.
Saudi state television acknowledged
attacks in the town of Dhahran that
hit water tanks while also damaging
vehicles and houses.
Another attack targeted an electrical
substation in an area of
southwestern Saudi Arabia near the
Yemeni border, state TV said.
The North Jeddah Bulk Plant stores
diesel, petrol and jet fuel for use in
the city. It accounts for more than a
quarter of all of Saudi Arabia’s
supplies and also supplies fuel
crucial to running a regional
desalination plant.
The Houthis have twice targeted the
North Jeddah plant with cruise
missiles: One attack came in
November 2020 while the last one
came on Sunday.
At the time of the 2020 attack, the
targeted tank, which has a capacity
of 500,000 barrels, held diesel fuel,
according to a recent report by a UN
panel of experts examining Yemen’s
war. Repairing it after the last attack
cost Aramco approximately $1.5m.


SOURCE: https://www.aljazeera.com:443/news/2022/3/25/saudi-aramco-jeddah-storage-facility-hit-by-attack
Lalasticlala Mynd44

Terrorism from the religion of Pe... e

I wish USA can just leave Saudi for the Arabs n let them spoil their land themselves

SAUDI ENERGY MINISTRY SAYS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION STATIONS IN JAZAN AND JEDDAH WERE HIT, SAUDI ARABIA WILL NOT HOLD RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY SHORTAGE OF OIL SUPPLIES TO GLOBAL MARKETS CAUSED BY HOUTHI ATTACKS

Today the Irish gas network announced around 20% increase in Gas and electricity bills starting from mid April and they said it may increase to 50% before the year runs out.


Germany has announced to pump 15B Euros to help subsidy the Oil prices

Padipadi:
I wish USA can just leave Saudi for the Arabs n let them spoil their land themselves

USA need Saudi
USA made massive billions every year from Saudi government

seunny4lif:

USA need Saudi
USA made massive billions every year from Saudi government

Both Saudi and USA need each other

Padipadi:
I wish USA can just leave Saudi for the Arabs n let them spoil their land themselves

USA likes what is happening to Saudi Arabia bcoz this will make the Saudis turn back to the U.S.

Was their patriot SAM batteries turned off?
Or as usual it's Rader failed to detect the incoming missile, talkless firing interceptors that would've missed anyway

MangekyoAlt:
Was their patriot SAM batteries turned off?
Or as usual it's Rader failed to detect the incoming missile, talkless firing interceptors that would've missed anyway

Even the s300 would do a better job than that useless patriot rubbish America is selling. This is the second time it is disappointing the Saudis in less than how many months sef. I think they struck a facility early this year or late last year.

4 strike within 3 days. They struck 3 times within 48 last week.

If these rebels can destabilize Saudi Arabia and in time turn it to Yemen, then that will be justice fully served.

Boyewu:
Terrorism from the religion of Pe... e

How is it terrorism??

And the Patriot SAM was doing what exactly??

The air defense units of the saudi arabia oil facilities are built around the extremely expensive US Patriot air defense systems.



The combination of S-300 and TOR/Pantsir defense systems will do a better job.

if missiles fired by Houthis rebels could penetrate SA's multi-billion dollar Patriot missiles defense systems, imagine what a direct confrontation with a formidable foe like Iran would be like. Decades of spending billions of dollars of their oil money on US defense equipments, all amounting to nothing. It is no surprise they aint picking Biden's calls.

MangekyoAlt:
Was their patriot SAM batteries turned off?
Or as usual it's Rader failed to detect the incoming missile, talkless firing interceptors that would've missed anyway

Haha, missile interceptions only work on stone-age catapult payloads thrown across the fence from Gaza.

I told one guy here that the US would lose all their aircraft carriers in one afternoon, if they fought a big boy, and he was shouting "missile defense".

Boyewu:
Terrorism from the religion of Pe... e

and the girl that is sucking your d**k won't know u have no brain

BuddhaPalm:


Haha, missile interceptions only work on stone-age catapult payloads thrown across the fence from Gaza.

I told one guy here that the US would lose all their aircraft carriers in one afternoon, if they fought a big boy, and he was shouting "missile defense".

Exactly Russia and china see aircraft carriers as old method missle will take them out