AMMAN, Jordan — A key Saudi Arabian pipeline to the Red Sea was shut down after it was hit with “several drones” launched Thursday from Iraq, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement early Saturday, as Iranian-backed Houthi fighters claimed major victories in Yemen, expelling Saudi forces from the country’s Red Sea coast.
Attack on Saudi pipe and Houthi gains in Yemen threaten key Mideast oil routes
A member of a Saudi-backed group is seen Thursday west of Taiz, Yemen, in an image taken from video. (AFPTV/AFP/Getty Images)
