Yemen: Cement factory struck by government forces, Houthis say

Houthi media say the Hamdan cement factory in Sanaa was targeted on Tuesday in airstrikes by government forces backed by Saudi Arabia. The Houthis had also accused those forces of killing two people in an attack on a gas station near Taiz. Amid the escalation, the rebels said they struck Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery with a ballistic missile, causing a powerful blast reported by residents of nearby Al-Khobar. The refinery has a capacity of 550,000 barrels per day and was partially shut down after a drone attack in March.