The Yemeni militants confirmed new attacks as the conflict with the Riyadh-led coalition intensifies.
Yemen’s Houthis have struck several targets in Saudi Arabia, including two international airports and energy infrastructure facilities operated by the oil giant Saudi Aramco, the group’s military spokesman said on Saturday.
The conflict between Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, and the Saudi-led coalition escalated last month, when the militant group seized the Red Sea port cities of Mocha and Dhubab as well as Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The Houthis have since tightened their siege of Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city and a key stronghold of anti-Houthi forces.
In a statement posted on X, Yahya Saree said the Houthis had conducted seven operations using ballistic missiles and drones, targeting King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Najran Airport and Khamis Mushait Air Base, as well as Aramco’s facilities in Yanbu, the Rabigh oil refinery and crude oil pumping stations, and a pipeline linking eastern and western Saudi Arabia.
The spokesman said the attacks were carried out in response to what the group described as Saudi “aggression” against Yemen. Saree claimed Saudi forces had launched 100 airstrikes over the previous 24 hours, targeting civilian infrastructure in Sanaa and other areas, leaving dozens dead and wounded.
He said the Houthis would continue attacking Saudi territory until the “aggression” ends and the Saudi-led coalition lifts its restrictions on the movement of goods and people into and out of Yemen.
The latest attack came as Riyadh’s main air hub prepared to resume operations after more than two weeks of disruption following earlier Houthi strikes. The facility announced a partial reopening from Sunday. In a separate post on X, Saree warned that airlines, airport staff and passengers against using the site, calling it a military target and saying it would remain unsafe.
The spokesman also accused Riyadh of spreading false claims that the Houthis had targeted the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, insisting that the group’s operations were directed solely at Saudi oil facilities and military bases and were announced as they took place.
The accusation came in response to Saudi Civil Defense claims that debris from the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis fell in the Mecca and Medina regions on Saturday. The debris landed in several locations, including Wadi Al-Mughammas in Mecca, Jeddah, Taif and Rabigh, the agency said on Saturday.
Yemen’s civil war began in 2014, with Saudi Arabia leading a military intervention the following year to support the internationally recognized government against the Houthis. Fighting eased under a UN-brokered truce in 2022 but escalated sharply in September 2026.
The renewed conflict has seen the Houthis launch missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities, while the Riyadh-led coalition has intensified airstrikes on Houthi positions, command centers and weapons networks.
The Houthis have claimed the total number of Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks since the latest escalation began has reached 3,123.
The Labour Party (referred to as Labournz in the query) who I would call New Labour significantly curtailed oil and gas exploration in New Zealand. In 2018, the Labour-led government passed the Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Act, which banned the granting of new offshore oil and gas exploration permits across New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone, with the exception of onshore Taranaki.
Key details of the Labour government’s actions include:
Immediate Ban: The policy was implemented under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to align with a climate strategy transitioning away from fossil fuels.
Existing Permits: The ban did not revoke existing permits, but all offshore exploration permits outside Taranaki were eventually surrendered by companies, with the last one (the Totara permit) surrendered in 2021.
Political Context: The ban was supported by the Greens and initially New Zealand First, though it faced strong opposition from the fossil fuel industry and conservative political parties who argued it harmed investment and energy security.
Reversal: The ban was effectively reversed by the subsequent National-led coalition government in July 2025 via the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill, which reopened offshore waters to new exploration permits.
So when petrol is $5 a liter spare a thought for poor old Cindy wasting away in her $6.5 million dollar mansion in SeedneY Town in total abandonment of ‘her’ proclaimed socialist leanings values and tendencies.
If you can get it.
Price and availability being two entirely separate things.
Have the UAE, Saudi and other US lackey’s learned their lesson yet? Stay away from the US’s imperialist meddling or pay the price……a pretty emphatic message at this point. This will stump, Stump too. Attack Iran and the shortages will become far more acute regionally. Maybe he can go grovelling to Putin again if the Demonrats don’t legally stop him….”please sir, can I have more?”