The Saudi-led Arab coalition forces confirmed this evening, Sunday, targeting the Aramco petroleum products distribution station in Jeddah. Arab and Islamic countries and organizations condemned the attacks launched by the Houthi group, calling for rapid international action to deter them.

The coalition said that a limited fire in one of the tanks was brought under control without casualties or casualties, stressing that the Houthi attacks, which it described as "hostile", confirm the rejection of peace efforts and end the suffering of the brotherly Yemeni people.

Earlier, the Houthi group announced the targeting of vital facilities belonging to Aramco, with batches of winged and ballistic missiles and drones.

This came in a statement issued by the Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, reported by Anadolu Agency.

"Our forces carried out a military operation that included bombing Aramco's facilities in the capital, Riyadh, the Yanbu region and other areas with batches of winged and ballistic missiles and drones," Saree said.

He added, "A number of vital and important targets were also bombed in the regions of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jizan, Samtah and Dhahran al-Janoub (southern Saudi Arabia) with a batch of ballistic and winged missiles and drones."

And he added, "Our forces have integrated coordinates within a special target bank that includes a large number of vital targets that may be targeted at any moment."

Aramco facilities were subjected to unprecedented attacks in 2019 (French)

affected and disturbed

For his part, Aramco CEO Amin Al-Nasser said that the company's supplies were not affected by the recent Houthi attacks, according to the official Saudi Al-Ekhbariya channel via its Twitter account.

In 2019, Aramco's facilities were subjected to unprecedented attacks, which caused the suspension of about half of the Kingdom's production for days.

At the time, US President Donald Trump vowed to respond to the attacks, which he accused Iran of being behind, but the response did not come.

The source in the Ministry of Energy said that the repeated attacks against the Kingdom "do not target the Kingdom alone, but also aim to destabilize the security and stability of energy supplies in the world."

The Houthis used to launch ballistic missiles, drones and projectiles at Saudi areas, in return for repeated announcements by the Arab coalition, led by the Kingdom in Yemen, to thwart these attacks, while some of them left civilian casualties.

Yemen has witnessed a war since 2015 between the Houthis and forces loyal to the legitimate government (Reuters)

Convictions and claims

In a related context, Arab and Islamic countries and organizations condemned these attacks and demanded rapid international action to "deter" the Houthis.

Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq expressed their strong condemnation of these attacks, which were described as "terrorist and cowardly."

In separate statements, the Islamic Cooperation Organizations (57 countries), the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (6 countries), and the Arab League (22 countries) condemned these Houthi targets.

And since March 2015, Saudi Arabia has led an Arab military coalition that supports forces loyal to the legitimate government in Yemen, at the request of Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

Those forces have been battling the Iranian-backed Houthis who control Yemeni governorates, including the capital, Sanaa (north), since September 2014.