Eli Afriat: The Houthis launched a broad attack on Saudi Arabia overnight, targeting Abha Airport, the Aramco fuel terminal in Abha, King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, the Jizan refinery, and the fuel terminal in Najran. Seventy-three people are reported injured, and the Jizan refinery is still burning. Riyadh has vowed to respond (Afriat).
Today, the Iran-backed Houthi militants seized the strategic Yemeni port city of Mokha on Thursday after days of intense fighting with government forces.
Wall Street Journal explains Iran’s plan behind it all: The Revolutionary Guard used the calm created by the memorandum of understanding to lay the groundwork with allied militias around the region to step up attacks if needed, sending advisers to Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon to discuss the plans, the officials
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