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Multiple explosions shook Houthi-held Sanaa as local residents reported airstrikes and warplanes overhead amid renewed tensions in Yemen.

The Houthis claimed a drone attack on a Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan, while Saudi Arabia confirmed a fire at the facility with no injuries reported.

Yemen's Houthis claimed they shot down a Saudi reconnaissance drone as a tanker reported a security incident in the Red Sea.

Houthi-run media claimed Saudi strikes hit Sanaa airport as an Iranian aircraft carrying a Houthi delegation approached the Yemeni capital.

The Yemeni government has condemned the recent Houthi attacks on chemical and oil tankers in the Red Sea, labeling them as "systematic terrorism" that endangers the region's environmental, economic, and humanitarian stability.

To show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Houthi rebel group, which controls several cities in northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, began firing anti-ship ballistic missiles and drones

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended the military action as self-defence in the face of an ongoing threat that the Houthis pose

Houthi movement plans to release 100 Yemeni government forces inmates, following the last release in April 2023, amid Yemen's conflict, a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran

The group attacks have increased the cost of shipping and insurance by interrupting a crucial trade route between Asia and Europe

Since November, the Iran-aligned Houthis have launched repeated drone and missile strikes on ships in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab strait, and the Gulf of Aden