Houthis claim strikes on Saudi Defence Ministry, Ras Tanura refinery as regional tensions escalate

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Tuesday claimed to have struck Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry in Riyadh and the country’s largest oil refinery at Ras Tanura, escalating hostilities between the Iran-aligned group and the kingdom
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- Defence & security
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- Firstpost
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- kshitiz.bhardwaj
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- Tuesday, 27 October 2026, 9:26 pm IST
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