A company source told Reuters that the missile struck the complex in the eastern Saudi city, damaging its top three floors.
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco’s headquarters complex in Dhahran was hit by a ballistic missile, damaging an office tower and sparking a fire, as the conflict between the kingdom and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalated.
A company source told Reuters that the missile struck the complex in the eastern Saudi city, damaging its top three floors. The source and two other people familiar with the matter said the building caught fire.
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said on Wednesday that an administrative building belonging to Aramco had been attacked late on Tuesday, causing a “limited fire”. Authorities responded to the incident and took the necessary measures, it said, adding that there were no casualties.
Aramco employees were instructed to work from home on Wednesday, a direct source told Reuters.
Four Injured In Riyadh
Meanwhile, debris from two intercepted Houthi cruise missiles wounded four people in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday evening, the kingdom’s civil defence agency said. The injured included two women, a man and a child. Fifteen homes were also damaged.
The Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted several missiles, including those over Riyadh. Residents received a mobile phone alert warning of a “hostile aerial threat”.
A witness told AFP he saw a projectile cross the sky above a shopping centre, leaving “a yellowish trail of light followed by a trail of smoke”. An explosion followed, he said.
Saudi Strikes Yemen Oil Sites
The attacks came after the Saudi-led coalition launched strikes on oil facilities in Yemen’s Sanaa, Dhamar and Saada provinces on Tuesday.
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said the targets were used to support Houthi operations threatening Saudi Arabia and key waterways.
The escalation follows a deadly strike on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday that killed 13 people and forced operations to be suspended.
