Houthis Claim Attack on Aramco as Yemen Conflict Escalates
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The announcement plunges the Middle East deeper into war, as the Iran-allied Houthis have scored a series of triumphs in Yemen on the battlefield since the conflict was reignited.
Listen · 6:02 min Share full article Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, the exiled president of the Saudi-backed government, speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, last year. Much of the government operates from Riyadh, the Saudi capital. Credit... Dave Sanders for The New York Times By Saeed Al-Batati Euan Ward and Vivian Nereim
Saeed Al-Batati reported from al-Mukalla, Yemen; Euan Ward from Beirut, Lebanon; and Vivian Nereim from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In a televised speech, Rashad al-Alimi, the leader of the internationally recognized, Saudi-backed government, said that the government was seeking to reclaim all the territory it had lost to the Houthis over the past 12 years.
The government and the Houthis have been engaged in fierce battles in recent weeks, after the Iran-allied militia took control of the country’s Red Sea coast, increasing pressure on shipping routes and energy markets unsettled by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
The Houthis and Saudi Arabia, which supports government financially and militarily, have also attacked each other directly.
Mr. al-Alimi’s announcement appeared to eliminate any hope that a truce would be reached. In his speech, he said that the government’s military operations would continue “until the country is liberated.”
The Houthis also say that they are fighting to liberate Yemen, and have dismissed government fighters as Saudi mercenaries. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman, said in a statement on Sunday that the group’s fighters “will not stop carrying out further painful operations against the Saudi enemy.”
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