Iran-aligned Houthis claim they attacked oil refinery in Saudi Arabia

Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Tehran issues tough demands to reopen strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis live – latest updates Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the kingdom signed ⁠a defence pact with Turkey ⁠and Pakistan in response to ​growing regional instability caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. The attack early on Sunday came after Iran issued tough new demands to reopen the…