Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi Aramco Jazan refinery

The Saudi Energy Ministry said relevant authorities were completing procedures to deal ⁠with the incident at the refinery, which processes 400,000 barrels of crude ​oil ⁠a day.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery, they said on Sunday, two days after the kingdom signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

The ⁠alliance with Sunni Muslim U.S. allies, Turkey and Pakistan, is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three would be regarded as an attack on all.

It was not clear whether or how either Pakistan or Turkey would join in any Saudi response to the latest attacks.

The Houthis declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia in ⁠the Red Sea last month, citing what they said was a ​Saudi siege ⁠on them, an allegation Riyadh denies.

The Saudi Energy Ministry said a fire had broken out at the refinery but was later extinguished with no injuries and authorities were dealing with the incident, without giving ⁠a cause.