Attacks on Saudi could impact people everywhere: IMF chief
The head of the International Monetary Fund said that recent attacks on Saudi Arabia could impact people "everywhere", as energy costs rise globally and multiple conflicts rage in the crude-rich region.
"The Saudi economy is important for the region and the world, and in that sense, these developments have potentially negative spillovers for everybody, everywhere," Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said at a news conference during the Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Bangkok.
Look: Damages at homes in Riyadh
4 injuries in Riyadh
Civil Defence teams in Riyadh responded to the fall of debris from two cruise missiles that had been intercepted and destroyed after being launched by the Houthis towards the Saudi capital.
The incident resulted in four injuries involving two women, a man and a child, as well as limited material damage to 15 residential homes.
Top three floors of Aramco building damaged: Source tells Reuters
A company source told Reuters earlier that a ballistic missile hit the Aramco headquarters complex in Dhahran. The source said an office tower in the complex was struck and that its top three floors were damaged. The source and two other people with knowledge of the matter said the building was on fire.
The complex hosts a major operations centre for Aramco, which oversees a vast network of onshore and offshore oil rigs, pipelines, refineries and export terminals.
Limited fire at Aramco building
An administrative building belonging to Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was attacked, causing a limited fire, the Energy Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday as fighting between Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis and the kingdom intensified.
Authorities responded to the incident late on Tuesday and took necessary measures, the ministry said, adding that there were no injuries or deaths.
Fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia
Welcome to Khaleej Times live blog covering the developments in the region, as attacks launched by the Iran-backed Houthi group on Saudi Arabia continued.
The Houthis have for a week been firing ballistic missiles and drones at key Saudi sites in retaliation for the kingdom's backing of government forces in Yemen's reignited civil war. Riyadh’s international airport has received four strikes, including one on Saturday that killed 13 people.
Saturday's ballistic missile strike on Riyadh airport was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia in a decade, with further attacks grounding flights across the country.