📰 2 sources 6 articles · 13 Oct 2026, 16:54 → 4 days ago

Mutual warnings between the Houthis and the coalition, and airstrikes on Sanaa and Hodeidah

This story covers the warning by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree to employees and citizens near Aramco facilities to evacuate and his description of them as a "legitimate target", after the Saudi-led coalition announced it would carry out a "qualitative operation" in Sanaa and asked civilians to evacuate a specific site. Airstrikes followed on Sanaa targeting the oil company site in the Al-Sabaha area west of the capital, then strikes on an oil facility in Hodeidah governorate where the Sanaa health ministry announced two people were killed.

📍 Where things stand: The Sanaa health ministry announced two people were killed in an attack on an oil facility in Hodeidah which it blamed on Saudi Arabia, while the Yemen Oil Company said the targeted facilities were empty of petroleum materials.

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13 Oct 2026, 16:54 Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree warned employees and citizens near any facility of the Aramco oil company to evacuate it and stay away, considering it a "legitimate target", after the Saudi-led military coalition announced its intention to carry out a "qualitative operation" in Sanaa and called on civilians to evacuate a specific site. The Houthis also demanded the immediate evacuation of the Aramco headquarters in Dammam, the Riyadh refinery and King Khalid Airport.
13 Oct 2026, 16:55 Al Arabiya channel, as reported by Al Jadeed website, said explosions were heard in Sanaa, with no details on the causes or casualties.
13 Oct 2026, 16:56 Warplanes launched airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to Yemeni sources cited by Sky News and sources in Sanaa cited by Al Arabiya. Houthi-affiliated media said Saudi raids targeted the oil company in the Al-Sabaha area west of Sanaa, and the spokesman for Ansar Allah Houthis said the Al-Sabaha station was empty of petroleum derivatives and had no military value to target.
13 Oct 2026, 18:53 The Yemeni capital Sanaa witnessed new airstrikes shortly after the Arab Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy called on civilians to evacuate a site belonging to the Yemen Oil Company as a prelude to carrying out what it described as a "qualitative operation". Houthi-affiliated media reported that the strikes targeted the oil company site in the Sabaha area west of the capital, while the Houthi military spokesman said the station was empty of petroleum derivatives at the time it was targeted.
13 Oct 2026, 22:46 The Sanaa health ministry announced that two people were killed in an attack targeting a facility belonging to an oil company in Hodeidah governorate on the Red Sea, and accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out the strike, while the Yemen Oil Company confirmed that the targeted facilities were empty of any petroleum materials and that it had taken precautionary measures in advance. This came after the Arab coalition announced the start of a qualitative military operation against the Houthis in Sanaa that targeted the Yemen Oil Company site and the central Al-Sabaha station.