{"id":22143,"date":"2026-08-09T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T09:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=22143"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T09:29:08","slug":"houthis-claim-drone-strike-on-saudi-aramcos-jazan-refinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=22143","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Houthis Claim Drone Strike on Saudi Aramco\u2019s Jazan Refinery<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yemen\u2019s Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has claimed responsibility for a drone strike on Saudi Aramco\u2019s refinery in Jazan, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on the group\u2019s Telegram channel, its military spokesman said a drone targeted the Aramco refinery in Jazan and scored what he described as a direct hit.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis said the operation was carried out in response to alleged Saudi drone incursions into the airspace of Yemen\u2019s Saada and Hajjah provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Saudi Arabia\u2019s Energy Ministry said a fire had broken out at dawn on August 9 at one of the facilities of the Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan and had subsequently been extinguished by firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said no injuries were reported, but it did not specify the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>It therefore remains unconfirmed whether the fire at the refinery was caused by the drone strike claimed by the Houthis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=22143\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk Yemen\u2019s Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has claimed responsibility for a drone strike on Saudi Aramco\u2019s refinery in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. 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