Yemen and the Red Sea

Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on Aramco sites in Jizan and Yanbu

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Jizan Aramco refinery area, Saudi Red Sea coast
Actors
Houthis · Saudi Arabia · United States
Importance
Major

Houthi forces said they hit Saudi Aramco facilities in Jizan and Yanbu with dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, keeping their Bab el-Mandeb blockade in force; open reporting described smoke over the Jizan refinery area and civil-defence alerts along the Red Sea coast.

Spokesman Yahya Saree announced two concurrent operations on 25 July 2026 against “sensitive Aramco-affiliated facilities” in Jizan and Yanbu and said the Saudi-port blockade remained in effect. CBS and other outlets reported the claim; some regional reporting and thermal-anomaly claims around Jizan circulated the same day. A separate package covers Greek-source reporting of two ballistic missiles intercepted near Yanbu oil facilities. Independent full battle-damage assessment of both complexes is not claimed here.

  • Energy: Best 2 aramco_site_strike_claims · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Yemen's Houthis announce strikes on Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Houthis claim strikes on Aramco sites in Saudi Arabia Jizan and Yanbu · Houthi claim of concurrent packages against Jizan and Yanbu Aramco-linked facilities; BDA not independently confirmed.
  • Infrastructure: Best 1 refinery_complexes_targeted · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Yemen's Houthis announce strikes on Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Houthis claim strikes on Aramco sites in Saudi Arabia Jizan and Yanbu · Primary map anchor is the Jizan refinery area; Yanbu is co-claimed in the same package.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: Yemen's Houthis announce strikes on Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Houthis claim strikes on Aramco sites in Saudi Arabia Jizan and Yanbu

Houthi claim multi-sourced; smoke/alerts around Jizan reported in open media; complete BDA and successful hits at both sites not independently confirmed in sources used.