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Houthi leader says group targets Saudi military and oil sites, denies Mecca attack

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Local time
5:38 PM in Aden
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Sanaa, Yemen

In a televised address, Abdul Malik al-Houthi said the group's operations mainly target Saudi military sites and the oil infrastructure the kingdom relies on for revenue, blamed Riyadh for the escalation, and called Saudi claims of a drone attack on Mecca 'an ugly lie.'

Why it matters

An explicit threat to Saudi oil assets comes as the kingdom's export routes are already squeezed by the pipeline outage and Hormuz.

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