প্রতিবেদনHouthi Barrage Hits Saudi Oil Sites, 73 Wounded; Riyadh Vows Retaliationলিখিত ১৩ সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০২৬ এ ১০:৪৬ PM UTCদেখুনপ্রতিলিপি0:00Dozens of missiles and drones tore into Saudi Arabia's southern oil belt, wounding0:0473 people.0:05The kingdom's energy infrastructure is burning and brent crude is climbing toward0:09$100 a barrel.0:10Riyadh has promised retaliation.0:12The question is whether it has already begun.0:14The barrage hit four cities across the kingdom's south, from the airport at Abha to0:19the Red Sea coast, while the front lines at Answers run just across the border in0:22Yemen, where fighting has intensified through Tais, Hodaidah, and the corridor0:26toward the Bab al-Mandab Strait.0:28Saudi authorities put the toll at 73 wounded civilians, including women and0:32children.0:33Targets included Abha International Airport, King Khalid Air Base at Qamis Mushait,0:38and Aramco facilities in Aba, Jazan and Najran.0:41Fires broke out at oil facilities and utilities, with some southern operations0:45temporarily halted.0:46Satellite imagery showed smoke rising over the Jazan refinery and an Aramco0:50distribution plant in Aba.0:52The Jazan refinery runs at roughly 400,000 barrels per day, near the Yemen border on0:57the Red Sea coast.0:58That truce held for four years, then fell apart in July amid the broader US-Israel1:03war with Iran.1:04Since then, the Houthis have fired on Saudi oil and shipping, announced a blockade1:09of Saudi maritime traffic, and pushed a ground offensive toward the Bab al-Mandab1:13corridor, while Saudi-backed forces answered in counteroffensives.1:17The Houthis framed the September barrage as retaliation for those operations.1:21The two sides describe the same hour differently.1:24One calls it retaliation, the other a dangerous escalation.1:27The coalition has pledged to strike back, but the first moves reported on Yemeni1:32soil remain unconfirmed.1:33The warning came alongside a pledge from Riyadh not to hesitate in defending its1:37sovereignty.1:39The wound count and the fires are confirmed.1:42The reprisal strikes are not.1:44Saudi officials have not confirmed any specific target inside Yemen, and independent1:48corroboration of a counteroffensive remains thin, so whether Riyadh's promised1:52retaliation has actually begun remains unanswered in public.1:55The Houthis cite more than 100 Saudi airstrikes over three days, including a prison1:59strike in Jaffe.2:00They say killed at least seven people.2:02What is certain is that the kingdom has promised a response, and the threat to the2:06region's energy supply is already visible in the price of oil.2:10Brent crude climbed toward $99 to $100 a barrel, its highest level in weeks,2:16as Red Sea shipping and energy transport came under renewed threat.2:20With the truce dead and Riyadh's answer still unclear, the region's energy supply2:25remains the collateral.নিবন্ধটি পড়ুনঘটনার সময়রেখাHeyDexসংক্ষিপ্ত ভিডিও ↗সম্পর্কিত কভারেজপটভূমি·১৩ অক্টো, ১১:১৫ PM UTCRiyadh’s Airport Remains Suspended as Saudi Arabia Investigates Deadly Defense Breaches
