ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday condemned a Houthi attack on a vital oil installation in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan, which resulted in a fire in one of the facility’s tanks.

The coalition battling Houthi forces in Yemen said militants attempted to target universities in both Najran and Jazan, Saudi cities near the Yemeni border. The coalition said it had destroyed the one targeting Najran, as well as six additional explosive-laden drones fired by the Houthis aimed at the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said one of the projectiles struck a petroleum products distribution station in Jazan but there were no casualties.

On Friday, Houthi militants said they had launched attacks against several Saudi Aramco facilities and military sites in the kingdom.

“Pakistan strongly condemns the attack on a petroleum distribution terminal in Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, 25 March 2021,” the foreign office said. “Such attacks, causing fear and terror as well as disruption of commercial activities, cannot be condoned.”

Pakistan added: “Pakistan reaffirms its full support and solidarity with the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against any threat to its security and territorial integrity.”