CAIRO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League, Arab Parliament and Egypt condemned on Friday a drone attack by Yemen's Houthi militia on an Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.
In a statement, the Arab League said the attack clearly reflects "the agenda of the Houthi group and its supporters, which does not target Saudi Arabia alone but rather seeks to threaten the energy supplies, a fundamental pillar of the stability of the global economy."
The pan-Arab organization headquartered in Cairo urged the international community to exert greater pressure on the Houthi group and those behind it to stop these attacks that "seek to inflame the situation and block any serious attempt for a peaceful solution."
Meanwhile, the Cairo-based Arab Parliament described the attack as a "dangerous reprehensible escalation and extension of the terrorist acts of the Houthi militia."
Egypt also condemned the Houthi attacks, saying they represent a direct threat to the security and stability of Saudi Arabia and its people, as well as global oil supplies.
The North African country expressed support for Saudi Arabia's measures to maintain its security and stability in order to confront all forms of terrorism, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Earlier in the day, Yemen's Houthi militia said they launched multiple attacks at Saudi Aramco facilities in Riyadh, using six explosive-laden drones.
"The attacks hit the targets accurately," the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV quoted a statement by the militia's military spokesman Yehya Sarea as saying.
The Houthis have stepped up cross-border attacks against Saudi cities and oil facilities recently, but most of the attacks were foiled by the Saudi-led coalition forces.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthis seized control of several northern Yemeni provinces and forced the internationally-recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in 2015 to support Hadi's government. Enditem
