Saudi Aramco building in Riyadh suffers minor damage after Houthi attack

way2barak, November 9 :  Saudi Aramco building in Riyadh has been damaged following an “attempted” attack, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said.

The administrative building was damaged by “falling shrapnel”, and there were no casualties, Saudi state media reported on Sunday, citing a senior source at the ministry.

A tower belonging to the Saudi oil giant in the capital’s King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) was damaged.

The reports came after the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said its air defences had destroyed several ballistic missiles launched by the Iran-aligned armed group towards the kingdom.

Two of the missiles were launched towards Riyadh, while another targeted the kingdom’s Eastern province, Major-General Turki al-Maliki, the coalition’s spokesperson, said in separate posts on X on Sunday.

The coalition also intercepted two missiles in the southern region, as well as a drone launched by the Houthis, al-Maliki said.

On Sunday, the Houthis claimed an attack on Saudi Aramco oil storage tanks, as well as on Riyadh’s King Khalid International airport. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group launched a second barrage against an Aramco facility in the city of Abqaiq.

Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt and Syria have condemned the attacks.