迪拜——也门与伊朗结盟的胡塞武装10月27日表示，他们对沙特阿拉伯的拉斯坦努拉炼油厂发动了袭击。该炼油厂是沙特最大的炼油厂，位于霍尔木兹海峡以西的海湾地区。
Houthis claim missile strike on Saudi Arabia’s biggest oil refinery DUBAI – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Oct 27 they launched an attack on Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery, the biggest in the kingdom, located on the Gulf west of the Strait of Hormuz.
该组织军事发言人叶海亚·萨里在一份声明中称，此次弹道导弹袭击导致现场起火。沙特当局尚未证实此次袭击。
The group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement that the ballistic missile attack caused a fire at the site. The Saudi authorities have not confirmed the attack.
自9月以来，胡塞武装加大了对沙特阿拉伯的袭击力度，在美国和以色列对伊朗的更大范围战争中开辟了又一个动荡战线。
The Houthi militia have escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia since September, opening another volatile front in the wider US-Israeli war on Iran.
沙特阿拉伯几乎所有的石油出口都经由两个主要港口：海湾地区的拉斯坦努拉和红海的延布。胡塞武装过去曾袭击过这两个港口。
Nearly all of Saudi Arabia’s oil exports flow through two main ports: Ras Tanura in the Gulf and Yanbu on the Red Sea, which the Houthis have attacked in the past.
彭博新闻社10月27日援引一位知情人士的话报道称，沙特阿拉伯当天凌晨扑灭了拉斯坦努拉石油码头附近的一场火灾。
Bloomberg News reported on Oct 27, citing a person familiar with the matter, that Saudi Arabia contained a fire near the oil terminal at Ras Tanura in the early hours of the day.