Yemen’s Houthi movement has reportedly attacked an administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in the eastern Saudi city of Dhahran, hours after the Saudi-led coalition launched strikes in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
The incident occurred on Tuesday. A fire broke out at the building following the attack, but efforts were made to bring it under control. No casualties were reported in the incident.
According to a report published on Wednesday morning, citing a Saudi energy ministry official, the Aramco administrative building in Dhahran was targeted. Around the same time, Saudi authorities said they had intercepted two missiles heading towards Riyadh.
A spokesperson for Saudi Arabia’s civil defence authority, cited by the Saudi Press Agency, said debris from the intercepted missiles injured four people and damaged 15 houses.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Houthis had warned workers and civilians near Saudi oil facilities to evacuate, describing the installations as “legitimate targets”.
The warning by Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree came after the Saudi-led coalition urged civilians to leave the Yemen Oil Company’s central facility in the Al-Sabaha area of Houthi-controlled Sanaa.
In response, Saree warned that any attack on Sanaa would trigger a “harsh and painful” retaliation against Riyadh.
The reported attack on the Aramco building and the attempted missile strikes towards Riyadh have heightened tensions between the two sides, raising fresh concerns over regional security and the safety of critical energy infrastructure.