Houthis Claim Strike on Aramco Facility in Riyadh as Yemen Fighting Escalates

Despite reports of surging oil flows out of the Strait of Hormuz, tensions in the Middle East remain high as the fresh Saudi-Houthi escalation threatens to unravel recent success in restoring oil exports. This weekend, the Iran-aligned Houthis claimed a missile and drone attack on a facility of Saudi Aramco in Riyadh, the Saudi capital city. However, the Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government said that the Houthi claim is “misleading”. The Iran-aligned rebels are “attempting to divert…