Houthis claim drone attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure; Saudi Arabia intercepts drones from Iraq.

Yemen's Houthi group claimed on Monday, July 27, 2026, to have launched drone strikes on facilities transporting crude oil from eastern Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, in response to alleged Saudi drone incursions. Hours earlier, Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry reported intercepting and destroying drones launched from Iraq by Iran-backed armed groups, which targeted oil facilities in the kingdom's Eastern Province and Riyadh. This comes amid a sharp escalation following the Houthi group's maritime ban on Saudi-linked shipping in the Red Sea.