Saudi coalition strikes fuel depot near Yemen's capital

What the report says

The Saudi-led coalition said it struck a fuel depot near Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, in an operation targeting the al-Sabaha facility run by the Yemen Petroleum Company. Coalition spokesman Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki said the site was being used to support the Houthis’ war effort, including missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. The coalition had earlier warned civilians to leave the area before what it called a special operation, and Houthi media reported the facility had been hit before the strike was confirmed.

The Houthis responded by warning they would retaliate against Saudi targets, including the airport and an Aramco refinery in Riyadh and Aramco’s headquarters in Dammam. Saudi authorities said the group would bear the consequences of recent attacks on the kingdom. The BBC report said this followed deadly missile strikes on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh over the weekend and a separate coalition announcement that three drones had been destroyed north of the city.

The article places the strike within Yemen’s wider civil war, which began in 2014 and intensified after Saudi-led intervention in 2015. It also notes renewed fighting and cross-border attacks in recent months, with the UN reporting deaths, displacement and worsening health conditions. The fuel depot strike matters because it could further raise tensions and affect fuel supplies and civilian movement in Sanaa, where residents reportedly feared shortages after the warning.