The Voice of Ummah: After fresh Saudi bombing of Sanaa, Yemeni forces carried out retaliatory operations on Tuesday, shot down a Saudi drone and left reports of explosions in Riyadh, Abha and Khamis Mushait. Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said air defences intercepted and destroyed a Chinese-made CH-4 reconnaissance and combat drone of the Royal Saudi Air Force while it was carrying out “hostile actions” in the airspace of the northern province of Al-Jawf. He said it was the fourth aircraft of this type downed since the latest escalation began.
According to Tasnim News Agency, Al-Masirah, citing Saudi sources, reported explosions in Riyadh, and international media also said blasts had been heard in the capital. The Saudi-led coalition acknowledged a Yemeni missile attack on Riyadh but, as in previous incidents, claimed the incoming missiles had been intercepted. Early-warning sirens sounded in Riyadh, Khamis Mushait and Abha, and there were reports of multiple explosions in Khamis Mushait and Abha.
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Yemeni retaliation and a warning to stay clear of designated targets
A Yemeni military source told the Saba news agency that Saudi citizens, workers and personnel should stay away from sites designated as targets by the Yemeni Armed Forces, so as not to put their lives at risk. The source also urged companies from countries not taking part in the war on Yemen to disclose the locations of their investments in Saudi Arabia so they could be spared, and said firms that had notified Sanaa of their willingness to withdraw would be helped to remove their assets.
Saudi acknowledgment of a strike on the East-West pipeline
The Saudi Energy Ministry again acknowledged that the kingdom’s East-West oil pipeline, which carries crude from the eastern regions to the west, had been targeted in a Yemeni attack and that a fire had broken out. The pipeline, in the Medina region, has become a vital export route since restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz. Yemeni forces have struck the route repeatedly in response to Saudi aggression against Yemen.
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