(BBC News) The Iranian-backed Houthis have claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh launched strikes on targets linked to the group on Friday.
Early on Saturday, the Houthis’ Ansarollah media said on Telegram that a “Yemeni missile strike” had caused fires in the Saudi city of Jizan. Saudi authorities had issued emergency alerts for the province.
The group had vowed retaliation after Saudi Arabia launched air strikes on Houthi targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida and a nearby island on Friday.
It came as there were no overnight reports of air strikes in the wider region by the US or Iran for the first time in two weeks.
The US military did not announce fresh strikes on Iran on Saturday, having carried out 13 consecutive nights of attacks on the country. During this time, Iran has also launched drone strikes on US military facilities and bases across the Middle East.
Earlier, a delegation from Oman arrived in Iran’s capital Tehran for talks on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported. Oman controls the strait’s southern coastline.
