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Yemeni drones reportedly struck Saudi oil, military sites

Al Mayadeen | September 8, 2026

The Yemeni Resistance, Ansar Allah, appears to have launched a major drone attack targeting sites in southwestern Saudi Arabia in recent hours, with reported strikes and fires detected around Jazan, Abha, and Khamis Mushait.

According to data compiled by Egypt’s Intel Observer, the operations appear to have affected several strategic facilities, including Aramco’s Jazan oil refinery and the Jazan Bulk Plant, where multiple hotspots were detected. Another hotspot was also identified near King Abdullah Airport in Jazan.

Reported strikes target oil and military facilities

Satellite data from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) VIIRS also showed multiple heat signatures at Aramco’s bulk plant in Abha, suggesting the facility was directly hit in a recent operation.

Additional hotspots reportedly appeared around oil and gas storage facilities at the Asir Central Power Plant in Abha. The facility supplies baseload electricity to the southern region of Saudi Arabia.

King Khalid Air Base also reportedly hit

King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait also appears to have been targeted, with a fire hotspot detected at the site.

The satellite detections indicate possible fires at several locations, but they do not by themselves establish the cause of the heat signatures.

Saudi Arabia admits hits

The Saudi Ministry of Energy announced that a number of energy facilities and infrastructure in the southern region of the Kingdom were targeted this morning.

The ministry said the attacks caused fires to break out at several sites, resulting in the temporary suspension of some operations.

Meanwhile, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced early Tuesday that it is preparing a statement to “announce a large-scale military operation deep inside Saudi territory.”

Ansar Allah repels Saudi-backed advance in Yemen’s al-Jawf

At the same time, the Yemeni Armed Forces repelled an advance by Saudi-backed mercenaries toward the al-Labanat Mountains east of al-Jawf province, according to Mohammed al-Farrah, a member of Ansar Allah’s political bureau.

Al-Farrah said on Tuesday that Yemeni forces targeted reinforcements belonging to Saudi-aligned forces in al-Jawf with several ballistic missiles, destroying and disabling dozens of military vehicles and transport units.

He said the strikes also resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries among the Saudi-backed forces, including commanders.

September 8, 2026 - Posted by | Economics, Militarism | ,

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