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SAUDI CAPITAL SHATTERED! Houthi Missiles Pierce US Defense Systems to Strike Aramco Tower

A dramatic escalation in the Middle East has sent shockwaves across global energy markets after a major Houthi missile and drone assault pierced heavily fortified airspace, striking Riyadh's financial district. The precision strike severely damaged multiple floors of the vital Saudi Aramco administrative tower, exposing critical vulnerabilities in advanced American-made air defense systems. This brazen cross-border attack follows a fierce cycle of retaliatory coalition airstrikes near Sanaa, intensifying a devastating war of attrition. Meanwhile, escalating ground clashes in Marib province have claimed the life of high-ranking Saudi commander Brigadier General Yassin Abu Ras. Facing mounting security setbacks and persistent threats to its primary economic hub, Riyadh is urgently pivoting to reshape its regional diplomacy, exploring new defense alignments with key regional powers as the humanitarian and military crisis deepens.

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00:00Saudi Arabia possesses some of the most expensive military technology on the planet.
00:05Yet a rebel group from Yemen is actively dismantling their defences.
00:10It is a total collapse of Saudi military deterrence across three distinct fronts.
00:15First up, the airspace.
00:17Housie cruise missiles flew close to the ground, easily evading detection.
00:21This allowed them to bypass the radar of expensive American-made Patriot and THAAD defence systems.
00:27They severely damaged a nine-storey Saudi Aramco administrative tower in Riyadh's highly secure financial district.
00:35This strike proves Saudi Arabia's economic centre is no longer safe from retaliation.
00:40Next, the ground war.
00:41In Yemen's Marib province, Housie fighters launched a devastating ambush.
00:46They cornered the heavily armed Saudi 101st Brigade and killed Commander Yassin Abu Ras.
00:52Riyadh must now admit their ground troops are losing direct combat, despite superior weaponry.
00:57And finally, the geopolitical fallout.
01:00Saudi leadership is scrambling for a new multinational defence alliance.
01:05They are rushing to sign PACs with Turkey, Pakistan and Syria.
01:10Riyadh has realised it can no longer sustain the Yemen war using its own forces.
01:14Ultimately, the most expensive military technology cannot guarantee security
01:18against a highly motivated, asymmetric guerrilla force.
01:21These are the two measures of the country's respect to India and the dead, which are trying to
01:21So you are all in the country's chambers.
01:22So you are in the country's neighbourhood for a variety of people who are there.

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