RIYADH Oct 13, 2026 — An administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was targeted on Tuesday evening, resulting in a limited fire but no casualties or fatalities, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said.
An official source at the ministry confirmed that authorities responded to the incident and took necessary measures. The strike occurred amid a wave of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saudi targets.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched toward Dhahran, with fragments falling in a residential area. Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki also reported the interception of another missile targeting Haradh in Al-Ahsa governorate and three drones north of Riyadh.
Separately, Saudi civil defence said debris from two intercepted Houthi cruise missiles over the capital wounded four people — two women, a man and a child — and damaged 15 homes.
The attacks followed Saudi-led coalition strikes earlier Tuesday on oil facilities in Houthi-held areas of Yemen, including the Yemen Petroleum Company’s al-Sabah station on the outskirts of Sanaa and sites in Hodeidah. The coalition said the operations targeted facilities used to support Houthi military operations and threaten the kingdom and international waterways.
Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree had earlier issued evacuation warnings for Aramco facilities in Dhahran and Riyadh, as well as King Khalid International Airport, vowing a “harsh and painful” response to strikes on Sanaa.
The incident marks the latest escalation in a week of cross-border exchanges. Houthi missile and drone attacks have repeatedly targeted Saudi airports, including a strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Saturday that killed 13 people. Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has not reported any disruption to oil production or exports. The company has not issued an official comment on the Dhahran incident.
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