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— Yemeni forces also reportedly fired two missiles at Saudi deployments in the Bab Al-Mandab area.

— AnsarAllah reportedly downed a Saudi Wing Loong II drone.

— Saudi-backed PLC forces launched counteroffensives in Taiz and Marib. Reports said no success was achieved in Taiz, while PLC forces captured one or two positions in Marib and AnsarAllah subsequently captured a strategic mountain.

— AnsarAllah Brigadier General Hamad bin Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al-Haddad, Chief of Staff of the 219th Mechanized Brigade, was reported killed in battle.

— The Saudi Defense Ministry said 100 fighter jets took part in operations against AnsarAllah forces.

— Fires and columns of smoke were reported over Riyadh following attacks that Yemeni Armed Forces said targeted oil refineries and industrial facilities.

— A major fire was reported at Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh oil refinery. Satellite data was reported to show fire radiative power of around 410 MW and a thick black smoke plume over the facility. The incident came amid AnsarAllah claims of recent attacks on Saudi Aramco sites in Riyadh and Khurais.

— Yemen’s Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center warned airlines operating in Saudi airspace, declaring the airspace unsafe and warning that it would become an operational theater for Yemeni armed forces. The center said it would not accept responsibility for consequences following the warning.

🇮🇷 Iran

— Two main perpetrators convicted in a case involving the killing of four police officers in Isfahan were executed after their sentences were reviewed and approved by the Supreme Court. The Judiciary identified them as Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi and said their actions had resulted in the deaths of four members of the Iranian police force.

— Reports said a ship was on fire after being attacked by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇴🇲 Strait of Hormuz

— UK Maritime Trade Operations reported an incident 11 nautical miles north of Khasab in the Sultanate of Oman. An oil tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz reportedly received a warning from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ordering it to turn back or face targeting.

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