Houthis Claim Missile Strike on Saudi Ras Tanura

Yemen’s Houthi movement said Tuesday, October 27, that it fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil complex, claiming the strike hit the site and caused a fire. Saudi authorities had not confirmed the attack at the time of reporting, and the missile’s impact and any damage or operational disruption remained unverified. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the target was Ras Tanura, which includes the kingdom’s largest oil refinery and a shipping terminal on the Gulf. The refinery has a capacity of 550,000 barrels per day. Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that Saudi Arabia had contained a fire near the terminal early Tuesday. That report did not establish whether the fire resulted from the claimed missile strike. The incident was among several military claims and alerts reported in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Saudi Civil Defense briefly issued an air-raid alert in Riyadh. The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government said it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles launched toward the capital. The Houthis also claimed to have targeted Saudi military transport aircraft at Najran Airport and...