胡塞武装再次对利雅得及东西输油管道发动大规模导弹袭击
Houthis Mount Another Large Missile Assault On Riyadh & East-West Pipeline

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胡塞武装在沙特阿拉伯境内深处发动了另一次大规模导弹袭击,目标包括哈立德国王国际机场、东西输油管道泵站、阿卜盖格的阿美设施、利雅得金融区以及沙特军队阵地。沙特当局尚未承认这次袭击,但报道提及导弹警报,沙特领导的联军称防空系统拦截了数枚导弹和一架无人机。这些打击是每日跨境袭击的一部分,沙特部队似乎无法阻止,仅得到有限的西方支持。袭击正在损害沙特阿拉伯的经济和投资形象,导致重大活动取消和潜在数十亿美元的损失。胡塞发言人叶海亚·萨雷还警告投资者不要在沙特阿拉伯继续投资。与此同时,胡塞武装在也门海岸外的红海封锁与沙特和以色列有关的航运,没有降级迹象。

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On Tuesday the Houthis launched another major missile salvo deep inside Saudi Arabia, however Saudi authorities have yet to acknowledge the fresh attack, or to publicly assess possible damage - though there are reports of missile alerts in the kingdom.

The Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, announced the group once again targeted King Khalid International Airport, as well as multiple pumping stations along the kingdom's East-West pipeline.

via Associated Press

Saree further claimed fresh attacks on an Aramco facility in Abqaiq and the Riyadh's financial district.

He added that the Houthis "targeted Saudi enemy troop concentrations overseen by the Saudi officer Badr al-Harbi in the al-Mudharabah and Ras al-Arah districts, resulting in a large number of dead and wounded."

It's unclear whether the financial district attack was a reference from the day prior, when a Houthi attack damaged an Aramco office in Riyadh.

What's clear is that these cross-border attacks are coming daily, and the Saudis seem powerfless to stop them, and there's been no major military help coming from Western allies like the US or UK (only minimal assistance, for example - intelligence cooperation).

The Saudis on Tuesday confirmed missile defenses are active:

Air defences have intercepted and destroyed several missiles launched towards southern Saudi Arabia and Riyadh, according to the Saudi-led coalition currently fighting the Houthis in Yemen.

The coalition also indicated that it intercepted a drone over Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province.

This is having a serious impact on the kingdom's economy, at a sensitive moment that Gulf states in general are seeking to present themselves as places of 'stability' and ripe for investment.

Saree warns investors and companies against "keeping their investments in Saudi Arabia".

In the meantime, standard and high profile events hosted in the kingdom continue getting canceled, due to spillover from Yemen and the ever-present Houthi aerial attack threat.

Already dozens of major international events which were supposed to take place in September, and October and November have been suspended or else postponed. 

Damage in financial district from a prior assault which kicked off the week:

The wartime situation related to both Iran and Yemen is likely to cost Saudi Arabia billions in losses, including given the attacks on Aramco facilities.

The Houthis are also meanwhile blocking all Saudi and Israeli-related shipping off Yemen's coast in the Red Sea, and the situation shows no signs off an offramp.

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