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Yemen attacks Saudi refinery after kingdom signs defense pact with Turkey, Pakistan
Yemen said on Sunday its armed forces attacked Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery two days after the kingdom signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability.
Yemen’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree in a post on X said the country’s armed forces used a drone to target the refinery.
Saree added that the attack on the Aramco's Jazan refinery was launched in response to incursions by drones from the Persian Gulf monarchy into northwest Yemen.
The Saudi energy ministry said a fire had broken out at the refinery but was later extinguished with no injuries and authorities were dealing with the incident.
In a separate statement, Saree said that Yemen’s military carried out missile and drone strikes on the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Mocha. The historic port is controlled by Yemen’s Saudi-backed government.
He said Yemen targeted "Saudi enemy" troops and equipment in the area with missiles and drones.
The attacks came days after Saudi Arabia signed a security pact with Turkey and Pakistan to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression. The alliance stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three countries would be regarded as an attack on all.
It was not clear whether or how either Pakistan or Turkey would join in any Saudi response to the latest attacks by Yemen.
Yemen declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea last month in response to a Saudi siege on the Arab country.
The blockade has threatened top oil exporter Saudi Arabia's ability to get its supplies to the world following Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off the kingdom's only other maritime route.