Riyadh: A Saudi Arabia-based Yemeni expatriate has been arrested for glorifying a recent attack by Yemeni Al Houthi rebels on Saudi Aramco’s petroleum distribution depot in Jeddah on Friday, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The Yemeni national documented and published videos on social networks, chanting the phrases “glorifying the hostile action against an Aramco oil distribution station in the city of Jeddah.”
According to the media spokesman for the Makkah Police, the person, who is a resident of Yemeni nationality, was arrested, and legal measures were taken against him, and he was referred to the competent authority.
On Friday, March 25, the Arab Coalition has announced that Iran-backed Houthi militia had targeted Aramco’s petroleum products distribution station in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
The Iran-backed Houthis have targeted two tanks belonging to Aramco facility in Jeddah.
In a statement on Friday, the Houthi rebels claimed a series of attacks on Saudi Arabia, one of which caused a massive fire in an oil facility in the city of Jeddah, not far from a circuit hosting a Formula 1 racing event.
On Saturday, March 26, the Houthis announced that they would stop their strikes on Saudi Arabia and the confrontations in Yemen for three days.
On March 17, the Houthis rejected an initiative put forward by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to organize a dialogue for the warring forces in Yemen to be held between March 29 and April 7 in Riyadh.
They also previously rejected a ceasefire initiative proposed by Saudi Arabia last year.
Houthi rebels often target airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest oil exporters, against the backdrop of the kingdom’s leadership of the military coalition against them.
Since 2015, Yemen has been witnessing an ongoing war between government forces backed by the Arab coalition and the Iran-backed Houthi militia, which has controlled governorates, including the capital, Sanaa, since September 2014.
