Oil tanker blast off Saudi Arabia

An explosion has struck an oil tanker at Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah, suggesting another vessel has come under attack off the kingdom amid its years-long war in Yemen


Houthi control 
Oil pipelines

SUDAN
Red Sea
East-West Pipeline
Sanaa 
IRAQ
SAUDI ARABIA
Riyadh
YEMEN
Gulf of Aden
The Gulf
UAE
OMAN
IRAN
Strait of Hormuz
Arabian Sea

300km 185 miles

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1 May 12, 2019: Four oil tankers damaged in apparent sabotage attack off coast of Fujairah

2 May 14: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim responsibility for drone attacks on Saudi oil pipeline

3 Jun 13: Japanese and Norwegian oil tankers damaged by explosions in Gulf of Oman

4 Aug 17: Drone attack on Saudi oil and gas facilities in Shaybah

5 Sep 14: Drone and missile attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais facilities temporarily reduces kingdom’s oil production by half

6 Feb 21, 2020: Saudi Arabia says it intercepted Houthi missile attack on oil facilities in Yanbu

7 Jun 23: “Large-scale” drone and missile attack on Riyadh reportedly intercepted by Saudi forces

8 Nov 13: Saudis say they foiled Houthi attack involving bomb-laden boats targeting Jizan port

9 Nov 23: Houthi-claimed missile attack damages fuel tank at Saudi oil facility in Jeddah

10 Nov 25: Mine explodes and damages Greek-managed oil tanker MT Agrari at Shuqaiq port

11 Dec 5: Cargo ship comes under attack in unclear circumstances off Yemeni port of Nishtun

12 Dec 14: Singapore-flagged BW Rhine hit by explosion caused by “external source” off Jeddah


Sources: Associated Press, Critical Threats, International Business Times 
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