A fire broke out at an administrative building owned by Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant after it came under attack on Oct. 13, the Saudi Arabian Energy Ministry said.
The ministry said in a statement posted on X that the attack on the Saudi Aramco building in the eastern city of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, did not cause any injuries or fatalities.
Authorities have responded to the incident and taken the necessary measures, the ministry added, without providing details about who was behind the attack.
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense said it intercepted two cruise missiles over Riyadh launched by the Houthi terrorist group. Fallen debris from the incident injured four people and damaged 15 residential homes.
The attacks occurred amid intensified fighting between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-led Arab coalition forces of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
The Houthis said on Oct. 13 that Saudi Arabia conducted strikes on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, which Saudi Arabia said was in response to its deadly terror attacks on Saudi international airports. The Saudi-led coalition gave prior warning to civilians of the attack, urging them to stay away from an oil depot on the city’s outskirts.
Fighting between coalition forces and the Houthis has extended from Yemen into Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, including a strike on a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport on Oct. 10 that killed 13 people.
The Houthis recently made major territorial gains for significant control over the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a key waterway used for international trade.
This is a developing news story that will be updated.
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