Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry said its military intercepted a number of drones launched from Iraq and targeted oil facilities in the oil-rich Eastern province and the Riyadh region.
The ministry's spokesman, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, said the attack was carried out by Iranian-backed militias.
He stressed that the kingdom reserves the right to respond at the right time and place, according to a ministry statement on the X platform reported by CNN, Monday, July 27.
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) military, a Shiite movement that rules northern Yemen, previously claimed to have attacked three Saudi oil tankers in the last two days.
"In the last 48 hours, the Yemeni armed forces have attacked three Saudi oil tankers," a Yemeni source told Lebanese television station Al Mayadeen, reported by Sputnik, Monday, July 27.
He noted that 16 Saudi ships had turned back because they could not pass through the Houthi-controlled Bab al-Mandab Strait in the last six days, starting on July 20.
"Since Yemen imposed a blockade, not a single Saudi oil tanker has passed through the strait from any direction," the source added.
According to the source, the ban on Saudi shipping, which was imposed on July 20, is still in effect.
The Houthis announced they were imposing a naval blockade on their neighboring kingdom in response to their 12-year control of Yemen's airspace, and Sanaa airport was bombed as an Iranian plane carrying a Houthi delegation landed.
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