Symbolic imageSaudi pipeline attacked and dozens reported killed near Sanaa as Yemen war widens
Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline was attacked on Monday, a day after Houthi missiles damaged the Aramco Tower in Riyadh. Houthi-run authorities say at least 44 people died in an airstrike near Sanaa.
Houthi missiles hit Riyadh's financial district on Sunday, 8 November. Saudi Arabia's energy ministry spoke of falling debris and minor damage, while witnesses told AFP a projectile damaged several floors, Le Monde reports; nobody was hurt. On Monday the pipeline near Medina came under attack, according to the Saudi Press Agency, citing an Energy Ministry source: a limited fire was put out, no one was hurt and operations continued. The sources do not say who attacked the pipeline, but the Financial Times notes that Houthis and Iraqi militias have repeatedly threatened it.
Dozens reported killed near Sanaa
The Hindu reports that Houthi rebels say at least 44 people were killed in an airstrike near the capital; the figure is unverified. The UN humanitarian office OCHA says more than 313,000 people have been displaced since August, and the UN Human Rights Office has verified 281 civilian casualties, 69 of them deaths.
Damascus denies troop deployment
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said on Monday that Syria has no troops in Yemen and no plan to send any soon, and that such a step would be announced publicly. AP cited three officials on about 600 Syrian special forces preparing to go to Saudi Arabia, while Yemeni officials told AFP of about 3,000 troops.