DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Drones launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed insurgents, the Houthi rebels, attacked a massive oil and gas field in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, causing what the kingdom described as a “cowardly sabotage” in the second such recent attack on its crucial energy industry.
The attack on the Shaybah oil field, which produces some 1 million barrels of crude oil a day near the kingdom’s border with the United Arab Emirates, again shows the reach of the Houthis’ drone program. Shaybah sits some 750 miles from Houthi-controlled territory, underscoring the rebels’ ability to now strike at both nations, which are mired in Yemen’s yearslong war.
