Houthi missile hits Aramco building after coalition strike on Yemen depot

A missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement struck a Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran after a Saudi-led coalition attack on a fuel facility near Sanaa.

Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry reported a limited fire in an administrative building at the Aramco headquarters complex. It said there were no injuries at the building.

Debris from intercepted missiles in Riyadh injured two women, a man and a child. Fifteen homes sustained limited material damage.

Houthis name further targets

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group targeted Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran, an Aramco refinery in Riyadh and King Khalid International Airport. He warned that attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities would continue in the coming days.

Coalition spokesman Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki said forces intercepted missiles and drones aimed at Riyadh, al-Kharj, Haradh and southern parts of Saudi Arabia. He had earlier said a ballistic missile launched towards Dhahran was intercepted and destroyed, but debris fell in a residential area.

Strike near Sanaa fuel depot

Houthi-run media said coalition aircraft struck the Yemen Petroleum Company’s al-Sabaha Central Station on Sanaa’s western outskirts and company facilities at the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea coast. The Houthi-run health ministry reported two deaths and two injuries at Ras Isa.

The coalition had warned civilians to evacuate al-Sabaha before the attack. Queues reportedly formed at petrol stations in Sanaa as residents feared shortages.

The Houthi-run Yemen Petroleum Company said the facility held no petroleum-product stocks and that precautionary measures had been taken to maintain supplies.

Conflict and humanitarian toll

Al-Maliki said the sites were targeted because they supported Houthi military operations by supplying weapons. The Houthis say their attacks are retaliation for Saudi air strikes on areas they control in western Yemen.

Yemen’s conflict began in 2014, and a Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in 2015. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that the escalation could have potentially negative spillovers for everyone.

The UN says hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in Yemen since August, including at least 54 civilians. More than 216,000 people have been displaced, while suspected cholera cases rose from 217 to 647 in three weeks.