At least 5 killed after Saudi airstrikes hit Yemeni oil storage facilities

Thomson Reuters

Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition struck oil storage facilities at Yemen's Ras Isa port on the Red Sea on Thursday, killing at least five people, oil workers said.

They said the attack targeted a facility used to load tanker trucks with refined products for domestic distribution. The area was on fire and at least five people were killed, the workers said.

They said the export facilities in the area were not hit.

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