Fireplace broke out at oil terminal in Saudi Arabia after it was hit by a projectile (Representational)
Riyadh: A fireplace broke out at an oil terminal in southern Saudi Arabia after it was hit by a projectile, the power ministry stated Friday, the sixth anniversary of a Riyadh-led navy intervention in Yemen.
“A projectile assault on a petroleum merchandise distribution terminal in Jizan… resulted in a fireplace in one of many terminal’s tanks,” the ministry stated in a press release revealed by the official Saudi Press Company, including that no casualties have been reported.
It didn’t say who was behind the strike on Thursday, nevertheless it comes as Yemen’s Huthi rebels more and more mount assaults on the dominion’s power installations.
The assault comes after Saudi Arabia on Monday supplied the Huthis a “complete” UN-supervised ceasefire, as a part of a collection of contemporary proposals aimed toward ending the catastrophic six-year battle.
However the Huthis swiftly dismissed the initiative as “nothing new” as they reiterated their demand {that a} Saudi-led air and sea blockade on Yemen be fully lifted.
Riyadh led a navy coalition into Yemen in March 2015 to prop up the internationally recognised authorities, nevertheless it has struggled to oust the extremely motivated rebels.
The coalition says it enforced a naval and air blockade to forestall the smuggling of weapons to the rebels from Iran — allegations Tehran denies.
Yemen on Friday marks the sixth anniversary of the Saudi-led navy coalition’s involvement within the disastrous battle, which has left the nation damaged and on the sting of famine.
The grinding battle has claimed tens of hundreds of lives and displaced hundreds of thousands, in accordance with worldwide organisations, sparking what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
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