gCaptain25 Jul 2026Macro
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Two ballistic missiles aimed at oil installations in Yanbu were intercepted by a U.S.-made Patriot battery operated by the Greek military, while a large smoke column was verified rising from the direction of the Aramco refinery in Jizan and two Asia-based trading sources reported potential damage to fuel and oil storage sites there. Saudi-backed coalition aircraft bombed Houthi missile and drone launch sites and arms depots in Marib and al-Jawf provinces, and separately struck Houthi military positions in the Red Sea port of Hodeidah.
Context
The attacks on Saudi Red Sea oil infrastructure follow a reported U-turn by a Saudi Arabia-bound supertanker before reaching the Houthi chokepoint Bab el-Mandeb one day earlier .
