Yemen has conducted another retaliatory attack on the Saudi East-West oil pipeline, ‌a key oil facility in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Yanbu.

Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that they launched a drone attack on Pumping Station No. 7 on the East-West line. “The operation was carried out successfully,” he added.

This marked the third time the pipeline was targeted in the past week.

On Wednesday, the spokesman said a Yemeni drone hit Pumping Station No. 7 on the East-West line, adding that a missile attack also targeted other oil facilities in Yanbu.

The East-West pipeline is Saudi Arabia's only major bypass route to export oil without using the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed since the start of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

The US and Israel launched another round of aggression against Iran on February 28, some eight months after carrying out unprovoked attacks on the country.

Iran swiftly retaliated by launching barrages of missiles and drones at the Israeli-occupied territories, as well as US bases and interests across the region.

Iran also closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to the latest round of US-Israeli aggression, blocking US and allied vessels from navigating the strategic waterway.

The latest developments come amid renewed escalation between Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

It began after Saudi Arabia bombed Sana’a international airport in July. The Yemeni armed forces responded by enforcing a “blockade for blockade” policy and declaring an embargo on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.

In recent months, the Yemeni military has announced several successful naval operations targeting ships linked to Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea, enforcing the blockade and impacting Riyadh's energy exports.

One killed, nine injured in Saudi strikes on oil company, gas station in Sana’a

A civilian has been killed and nine others were injured after Saudi airstrikes targeted a building owned by the Yemeni oil company and a gas station in the Yemeni capital Sana’a.

The Yemeni forces have also carried out retaliatory attacks on targets deep inside the kingdom, and made a lightning advance across Yemen’s coastal plain in September, reinforcing control over the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait.

Yemenis warned airlines last month against using the Saudi airspace, saying only the airspace over Islam's holy cities of Mecca and Medina is safe.

The war traces back to March 2015, when Saudi Arabia and a US-backed coalition launched a sweeping military aggression and blockade aimed at reinstalling a favorable regime in Sana'a.

Despite years of bombardment and the deployment of advanced Western weaponry, the Saudi coalition has failed to achieve its stated objectives.