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Images show damages caused by a missile attack launched by Yemen's Huthi rebel on a Saudi Aramco oil facility in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, triggering an explosion and a fire in a fuel tank. The strike occurred the day after the kingdom hosted a virtual summit of G20 nations, and more than a year after the targeting of major Aramco sites that caused turmoil on global oil markets. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI8VR3BB_EN
"If we see an opportunity to prevent a missile from getting launched, we'll take it out," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says after American forces destroyed a missile belonging to Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels. SOUNDBITE
Russian airstrikes target a rebel base for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria's northwest, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reporting casualties at the site which is located near a summer recreation area. IMAGES
Plane carrying released Huthi prisoners arrives at Sanaa International Airport, following prisoner swap between the Yemeni rebels and the internationally recognised-government. IMAGES
Yemen's former defence minister, Major General Mahmud al-Subaihi, and the brother of the ex-president, Major General Nasser Mansur Hadi arrive at Aden airport, along with other prisoners released by the Huthis, following prisoner swap between the rebels and the internationally recognised-government. IMAGES
Images show an aircraft flying under the banner of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) departing from Sanaa International Airport to Aden International Airport with released prisoners, previously held by Yemen's Huthi rebels, aboard. IMAGES
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