Houthis Claim Drone Strike on Saudi Refinery Days After Defence Pact With Turkey and Pakistan

Yemen's Houthis claimed a drone strike on Saudi Arabia's 400,000-barrel-per-day Jazan refinery on 9 August 2026, two days after Riyadh signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan. Saudi authorities confirmed a fire at the site, extinguished with no injuries, without naming a cause. The pact responds to instability from the US-Israel war on Iran; the Houthis cited alleged Saudi drone strikes as motive.