SANAA, 4 MARCH, 2021, (TON): Yemen's Houthi powers fired a missile at a Saudi Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah, a Houthi military representative said on Thursday.

There was no immediate confirmation of the attack from Saudi officials.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said in a Twitter post that the rebels hit an Aramco facility in Jeddah with a Quds-2 missile at dawn on Thursday in retaliation for a six-year military campaign led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.

He posted a satellite image that matched Aramco’s North Jeddah Bulk Plant, where oil products are stored in tanks.

The Iran-aligned rebels have struck Aramco facilities in the past, underscoring the vulnerability of Saudi Arabia’s expensive oil infrastructure.

Most of the strikes claimed by the Houthis caused limited damage and few casualties; their frequency has roiled energy and shipping markets in the oil-rich Persian Gulf.

Late last month, the Houthis targeted Riyadh, the Saudi capital, with drones and missiles.

Yemen’s civil war began in 2014 when Shiite rebels “Houthi” with links to Iran took control of Yemen’s capital Sanaa.

The Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in 2015 to support Hadi's government. The Saudi-led coalition has continued to wage its campaign against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, resulting in heavy civilian casualties.