According to AP, citing data from analytics firm AURORAH, Russian intelligence satellites flew over target areas days before and after each of 40 missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia between July 1 and October 19, carried out by Houthi forces and Iraqi armed groups. Before drones struck three pumping stations on September 10, a satellite passed over the East-West pipeline, halting oil pumping along its 1,200 km length, a route that lets Saudi Arabia export crude to Red Sea ports and avoid the Strait of Hormuz. A Houthi spokesperson confirmed that Iranian advisers in Yemen passed satellite-derived information to the group to identify targets, and a Saudi official said Russian satellite intelligence also aided Iran in a March attack on Prince Sultan Air Base that damaged one US reconnaissance aircraft. AURORAH also said Russian satellites monitored King Fahd Air Base in Taif, where an Italian Eurofighter Typhoon was damaged in an attack.
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