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Saudi Coalition Threatens to Strike Houthi-Controlled Oil Terminal Near Sanaa as Both Sides Issue Evacuation Warnings
Read this in the Market Flux appThe Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis has formally warned civilians to evacuate the Yemeni Oil Company site at the Al-Sabaha Central Station in Sanaa, signaling an imminent strike on the Houthi-controlled oil storage terminal located roughly 10 to 12 kilometers west of the Yemeni capital. The move represents a direct Saudi escalation after weeks of Houthi attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure, including a Houthi strike on a Saudi airport that killed three people earlier in October.
In a near-simultaneous counter-warning, Houthi military spokespeople declared that employees and civilians should evacuate areas near Aramco oil facilities inside Saudi Arabia, stating those sites are now legitimate targets. The tit-for-tat evacuation notices mark a sharp escalation in the energy infrastructure dimension of the conflict, with each side formally threatening the other's oil assets on the same day.
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- FirstSquawkSAUDI-LED COALITION CALLS ON CIVILIANS TO EVACUATE YEMENI OIL COMPANY SITE AT AL-SABAHA CENTRAL STATION IN SANAA - SPOKESPERSON
- Ncitayim🇸🇦🇾🇪 After weeks of Houthi attacks on Saudi energy, the Saudis are hitting back: Spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis @CJFCSpox issues a warning that it will soon target "the site of the Yemeni oil Company" in Sana'a - warns civilians to evacuate.
- Osint613Civilians near the Yemeni Oil Company site at the Al-Sabahah central station in Sanaa have been told to evacuate, according to a coalition notice.
- DeItaoneYEMEN'S HOUTHIS WARN EMPLOYEES AND CIVILIANS TO EVACUATE AREAS NEAR ARAMCO OIL FACILITIES, SAY THEY ARE LEGITIMATE TARGETS - HOUTHI MILITARY
- MarketsdayYEMEN'S HOUTHIS WARN EMPLOYEES AND CIVILIANS TO EVACUATE AREAS NEAR ARAMCO OIL FACILITIES, SAY THEY ARE LEGITIMATE TARGETS - HOUTHI MILITARY
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- MoloWarMonitorA few minutes ago, the Saudi-led coalition has issued an immediate evacuation warning for civilians at the Houthi-controlled "Yemen Petroleum Company's al-Sabaha" fuel station and depot in Sanaa. In all likelihood, airstrikes targeting the facility will occur within the next few hours or even minutes, meanwhile, the Houthis have warned Saudi Arabia that any attack on Sanaa will be met with a "harsh" response in Riyadh.
- ZerohedgeSaudi-Led Coalition Tells People to Leave Sanaa Oil Co. Site
- ChoukeirJ‼️ Latest development: The Saudi-led coalition said it would shortly issue a warning for civilians to evacuate a site in Yemen’s capital Sanaa ahead of a special military operation, prompting the Houthis to warn that any attack on the city would be met with a “harsh” response in Riyadh. The coalition later called on civilians to evacuate the Yemeni Oil Company’s site at Al-Sabaha Central Station in Sanaa, according to its spokesperson. The Houthis subsequently warned employees and civilians to evacuate areas near Saudi Aramco oil facilities, saying they were legitimate targets.
- _Morkie🚨🚨 ALERT: Houthis urged all civilians and personnel near Saudi Aramco facilities to evacuate immediately, declaring the oil sites legitimate strike targets. 🇸🇦🇾🇪
- PolymarketBREAKING: Saudi-led coalition orders civilians to evacuate an oil facility in Yemen’s capital ahead of a planned military operation.
- SquawkCNBC"The Saudis always tell the truth about the oil market," says @crudegusher, highlighting global oil inventories. "These guys have been saying, 'We've got a major problem here.'"
- BashaReportPanic is spreading across Houthi-controlled Sana’a following reports that the Saudi-led coalition is preparing to strike the Sabaha fuel depot. Long lines are now forming at gas stations across the city as residents rush to secure fuel ahead of a possible attack.
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- HormuzReportBREAKING: Yemen’s Houthis have named three Saudi targets for retaliation if Saudi Arabia strikes the Sana’a oil depot, warning that King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the Aramco refinery in Riyadh and Aramco’s headquarters in Dammam will all be hit in response. The threat came after a Yemeni military source told Reuters the Houthis had struck three Saudi airports, targeting military bases at Jizan, Najran and Khamis Mushait, in retaliation for coalition strikes on Yemen. The Houthis said the operation involved 15 ballistic missiles and 15 drones hitting three airports, including fuel and drone storage facilities, weapons depots and an electronics maintenance workshop. The group has already demonstrated it can reach Riyadh’s airport, striking it four times in the past week, including a Saturday attack that killed 12 people and wounded over 300. The Houthis have also hit Aramco’s Riyadh refinery, Abqaiq and the East-West pipeline, and warned airlines against using Saudi airports and airspace.
- Unusual_WhalesHouthis claim Saudi Aramco oil facilities legitimate targets, push workers, civilians to evacuate
- TheMichaelEveryThe Houthis threatened to hit Saudi oil after the Saudis threatened their oil. We only have desalination plants left to threaten before we hit the top rung of the regional escalation ladder… and the risks are of a societal snake down to Mad Max style nightmares. The larger question is how this ends. Do the Saudis surrender to the Houthis - and have to yield what to them and Iran? Do Pakistan and Turkey defend Saudi, as they both busily —and S L O W L Y— complete the paperwork on their ‘Mecca Defence Pact’? Does the U.S. step in - and pre or post-midterms? Does Israel, the suggestion being only after its late October election, and only if Bibi loses (as he’s willing but not welcome)? In short, this could go on for weeks. It could damage Saudi far, far more. And far, far more violence will be needed to end this crisis even if it can be ended. Many other countries could be pulled into this mess. Higher for longer is the risk for energy prices, at least for physical, and bond yields…. and then global political and social stress. And there’s not a thing a central bank can do about it (save help fund a government to fight the Houthis like in the old days?)
- TehranTimes79Yemen orders evacuations at three sites in Saudi Arabia in response to a Saudi attack on an oil facility in Sana’a.
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