Saudi Aramco administrative building attacked, limited fire reported
The attack deepens a week of cross-border strikes as Saudi Arabia says the Houthis will face consequences and airlines shift planes from Riyadh.
- On Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, a Houthi-launched ballistic missile struck Saudi Aramco's headquarters in Dhahran, igniting a fire in an administrative tower. Saudi energy ministry officials confirmed the fire was extinguished with no casualties reported.
- Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree had previously warned that Aramco facilities were 'legitimate targets' in retaliation for coalition airstrikes on Sanaa. The strike followed the Saudi-led coalition's bombing of fuel depots in the Yemeni capital.
- Fragments from two intercepted Houthi missiles fell on residential areas in Riyadh, damaging 15 homes and injuring four people—two women, a man, and a child—according to Saudi Civil Defense. Aramco employees were instructed to work from home.
- Saudi Arabia's cabinet vowed the kingdom 'will not allow any threat to its security or to freedom of maritime navigation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait.' The coalition subsequently struck fuel facilities in Sanaa targeting Houthi military capabilities.
- Intensifying hostilities between the Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthis signal a widening Middle East crisis threatening vital energy infrastructure. This escalation extends beyond airports to corporate headquarters, underscoring risks to global oil supplies and regional stability.
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Saudi Aramco headquarters attacked, limited fire reported
The headquarters of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was attacked on Tuesday night, causing what the kingdom’s energy ministry said in a statement was a limited fire, as fighting between Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthis and the kingdom intensified. Authorities responded to the incident in an administrative building at the headquarters complex late on Tuesday and took necessary measures, the ministry s…
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West Asia witnessed a fresh escalation on October 13 after a ballistic missile struck an administrative building at Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, following Saudi military strikes on an oil facility in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa. The attacks marked a sharp intensification of hostilities between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned Houthi terror movement, raising concerns over the security of critical ene…
Saudi says Houthi attacks sparked Aramco fire, wounded 4 in Riyadh
A Saudi Energy Ministry official said an administrative building belonging to oil giant Aramco in Dhahran was struck on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) evening, resulting in a “limited fire” but “no casualties or fatalities”
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