Yemen: Fact-checking videos claiming to show Houthi rebel attacks
Summary
Videos claiming to show the Houthi rebels attacking Saudi-backed forces in Yemen are actually from unrelated events. One video is footage from a 2024 Houthi military drill, not a real attack, and others show fires in oil refineries in Texas and Russia, not Yemen.Key Facts
- A viral video said to show Houthi rebels ambushing Saudi-backed mercenaries is from a 2024 Houthi military exercise.
- The original footage shows vehicles with flags of Israel, the UK, and the US, not Saudi Arabia.
- The viral version added football commentary and blurred the flags to make it seem like a real attack.
- Other viral videos linked to Houthi attacks on a Saudi oil refinery actually show unrelated refinery fires in Texas and Russia.
- The Texas fire video dates from March 2026 at the Valero refinery.
- The Russian refinery fire video shows an April 2026 fire after Ukrainian drone strikes on the Tuapse refinery.
- A Saudi oil pipeline run by Aramco was genuinely damaged in a Houthi attack and will be out of service for weeks.
- The misleading videos circulating online are not connected to that real pipeline attack.
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