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INSANE: Houthi attacks disrupt saudi oil facilities and wound more than 70 | Vintage Vibes

Cover image: A rocket fired by the Riyadh-backed National Resistance Forces at Houthi fighters on the Kadha front, in Yemen's western Taiz province. © AFP

Houthi forces attacked four cities in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding at least 73 people and setting oil facilities ablaze in one of the largest assaults on the US ally since the wider Gulf war began. The strikes came as explosions were reported at Iran’s Kharg Island and the Gulf of Oman port of ​Jask, raising fears of renewed US attacks and further escalation.

Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in the south of US ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major expansion of the six-month-old Middle East war.

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