India, Oct. 26 -- The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have said that they targeted the East-West crude oil pipeline pumping stations in Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh international airport. The attacks are seen as an attempt to disrupt oil exports from Saudi Arabia and as posing a threat of a full-fledged regional war.

These attacks were reported when the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition were engaged in fierce battle. The Saudi-led coalition said earlier that it had destroyed two ballistic missile launchers at the Houthi stronghold of Sanaa. According to the coalition, one launcher was used to shoot a missile at Riyadh, which the coalition had managed to intercept.

Saudi Arabia had not confirmed the attacks made by the Houthis at the...