Yemen’s Houthis claim to have staged 31 operations against Saudi targets in past month

Yemen’s Ansar Allah group, also known as the Houthis, has said that its forces carried out 31 military operations against Saudi targets, including oil tankers and military assets, within the past month, Anadolu reports. In a Wednesday social-media post, Houthi spokesman Ameen Hayyan said the operations were aimed at restricting Saudi maritime navigation, striking Saudi military deployments, and responding to alleged violations of Yemeni sovereignty. In the period from July 20 to Aug. 19, Houthi forces targeted eight Saudi oil tankers, including five in the Red Sea and three in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, according to Hayyan. He also said that the group had prevented 48 Saudi oil tankers from traversing regional waterways, including 14 in […]