Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted Saudi East-West pipeline, port city of Yanbu

SANAA Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday (November 12, 2026) that their forces targeted Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline and an oil facility in the port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea. The pipeline, which ends at Yanbu, has become increasingly important to the world's largest crude exporter, allowing it to get its oil to market after Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula at the outset of the West Asia war.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said in a post on X that one operation "targeted Pumping Station No. 7 on the East-West Pipeline using a drone", while a second "targeted the Yanbu oil facility using a ballistic missile".

He claimed both attacks — as well as two others launched at a Saudi airport and an airbase not far from the Yemeni border — had been successful. The Houthis have repeatedly targeted the East-West pipeline, and on Monday (November 9, 2026) Saudi Arabia said an attack on the conduit had sparked a fire but had not affected operations.