Yemen's Houthi rebels claim drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia
A military spokesman for Yemen's Houthi rebels has claimed a drone attack on two major oil installations in Saudi Arabia.
Yahia Sarie made the announcement on Saturday in a televised address carried by the Houthi's Al-Masirah satellite news channel.
He said the Houthis sent 10 drones to attack the Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq and the Khurais oil field.
He warned attacks by the rebels against the kingdom would only get worse if the war in Yemen continues.
Mr Sarie said: "The only option for the Saudi government is to stop attacking us."
A Saudi-led coalition has been battling the rebels since March 2015.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia reported the drone attacks, saying they had sparked fires, but did not say who was behind the assault.
Online videos apparently from the area of Buqyaq showed a massive blaze on the horizon, with what sounded like gunfire in the background.
The two installations are owned by the state oil company Aramco, which describes the Abqaiq oil processing facility as “the largest crude oil stabilisation plant in the world".
The Khurais oil field has estimated reserves of more than 20 billion barrels of oil, and is thought to produce more than 1 million barrels of crude a day.
State media later said the fires were under control.
Abqaiq has been targeted by militants before: in 2006, Al-Qaida claimed a failed suicide bomb attack on the complex.
