Last week, Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen targeted a Saudi Aramco oil
facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, days after Houthi rockets previously ta


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Iran-Backed Houthis Continue Strikes Against Saudi Oil Facilities

 

(New York, N.Y.) — Last week, Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen targeted
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a Saudi Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, days after Houthi rockets
previouslytargeted
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the Jeddah facility and other locations in Saudi Arabia. While the attacks
have caused temporary stops in oil production, no significant damage has been
reported.

 

Violent attacks by the Houthis, particularly against civilian targets, have
only intensified since the Biden Administration’s removal of the Iran-supported
group from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) inFebruary 2021
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. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the United States have repeatedly
condemned Houthi terrorist attacks, most recently onMarch 27, 2022
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. Earlier this year, President Bidenacknowledged
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he is considering redesignating the Houthis as an FTO.

 

Over the past year, the Houthis have launched attacks against civilian
infrastructure and military personnel across Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the
United Arab Emirates (UAE). An audaciousJanuary 17, 2022
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, attack against the UAE resulted in the deaths of three civilians while the
UAE was hosting an international business conference as well as South Korea’s
president. Later that month, onJanuary 31
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, the Houthis fired Zulfiqar missiles at Abu Dhabi and drones at Dubai during
an official visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog. The Houthis havewarned
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foreign businesses and investors to abandon the UAE because it “has become
unsafe.”

 

Iran’s relationship with the Houthi rebels offers the Islamic republic a
staging ground to attack another key U.S. ally and Iranian adversary, Saudi
Arabia. Since 2015, the Houthis have used Yemeni territory under their control
as launching pads to fire more than 100 missiles and drones at Iranian rival
Saudi Arabia. Such strikes have landed on multiple cities, including the Saudi
capital of Riyadh. In addition to targeting Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure,
as in last week’s attacks, the Houthis have targeted the king’s official
residence, military bases and encampments, the King Khalid International
Airport, and shopping malls.

 

To read the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)’s resource Houthis, please click
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To read CEP’s resource Yemen, please click here
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