Saudi Arabia and Houthis trade fire as US fires on tanker in Hormuz Strait - BBC News

US military says it disabled a tanker that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.

Image source, EPAImage caption, There have been protests in recent days in support of the Houthi-imposed naval blockade in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a

The Iranian-backed Houthis have claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh launched strikes on targets linked to the group on Friday.

Early on Saturday, the Houthis' Ansarollah media said on Telegram that a "Yemeni missile strike" had caused fires in the Saudi city of Jizan. Saudi authorities had issued emergency alerts for the province.

The group had vowed retaliation after Saudi Arabia launched air strikes on Houthi targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida and a nearby island on Friday.

It came as there were no overnight reports of air strikes in the wider region by the US or Iran for the first time in two weeks.