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Fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis intensified, with the Houthis claiming drone and missile strikes on a Saudi military base in Sharurah and on positions near Jazan, wounding at least two people and damaging a mosque. The Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of launching 129 strikes in 48 hours. Separately, Saudi authorities shut a key oil pipeline after a drone attack traced to a launch platform in Iraq's Maysan province near the Iranian border; Iraq removed a military commander and opened an investigation. The escalating strikes have rattled oil markets, with Brent crude hitting $100 a barrel for the first time since July following the US and Houthi attacks, raising fears of broader disruption to Gulf energy exports and Riyadh's oil industry.