Houthi Rebels State They Attacked Saudi Oil Facilities

The war in Yemen seems to escalating with Houthi rebels striking with a drone at Saudi Arabia. Since the Arab Spring and the fall of  Ali Abdulluh Saleh Yemen has descended into civil war. The facilities that attacked were the Saudi Armaco Abqaiq and Khurais facilities. Saudi Arabia began large scale military operations in Yemen in 2015. The hope was to create a compliant state with Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi back in power. This attack is serious due to the fact these are the two largest oil producing facilities that Armaco has in the Saudi state. Saudi Arabia could use such an attack as a justification for more military intervention and expansion of the conflict. The news of the attack came from the Houthi news agency Al-Masirah. There claim was that it was a response to the blockade being imposed on Yemen. The UN has attempted to negotiate a peace settlement,but all efforts have failed. The conflict in Yemen is also an indirect war between Saudi Arabia and Iran for regional  influence. The fear now is a possible regional war between large Middle  East  powers, which will involved their allies.