Saudi Arabia answers the Houthis. More than 40 strikes on Yemen.

Yemen’s Houthis reported dozens of Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday, a day after they wounded 73 people and set Aramco sites ablaze in four southern Saudi cities. Almasirah TV, the rebels’ station, said the raids hit Marib, al-Jawf, Taiz and Hodeida — the same provinces they had named as the target of more than 120 Saudi sorties over three days. There was no official comment from Riyadh by the New York open. The War desk files a two-way offensive, not a raid.

Tuesday’s Houthi list still stands: Abha, Najran, Jazan, Khamis Mushait. An airport, an air base, a 400,000-barrel-a-day refinery. NASA pictures showed black smoke over Jazan and white smoke over an Abha distribution center. Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki called it a dangerous escalation and promised operational measures. The coalition government in Aden said its own push aims at Sanaa. Hundreds are already dead in the western fight.

A dangerous escalation that confirms the hostile and irresponsible approach of this terrorist militia.

The Red Sea is the other funnel. Hormuz is closed enough that Saudi barrels moving west are a lifeline. The Houthis are trying to tax that lifeline. Brent at $100 is the receipt. The American reader meets this story at the same pump as the five tankers. Two fronts. One gallon.