# Iran-backed Houthis attack Saudi oil facilities, injuring dozens

https://mins.news/en/item/49555

- CBC News, 2026-09-08 10:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saudi-houthi-attacks-9.7335307?cmp=rss

> Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis struck four cities in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, injuring more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze. The attack appeared to mark a major expansion of the six-month-old Middle East war.

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