Limited damage reported at Aramco building in Riyadh after attack

Limited damage was reported at an Aramco building in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, after it was struck by shrapnel during an attack. According to a report by Saudi Arabia’s official news agency SPA, citing an official source at the Energy Ministry, no one was killed or injured in the incident.

The official source said the Aramco building had been targeted. The statement said the damage was limited, but gave no information about the building’s operations or oil production and shipments.

Coalition statements on missiles

The report of damage to the building came after the Saudi-led Arab Coalition announced that two ballistic missiles targeting Riyadh had been intercepted and destroyed. The coalition said the missiles had been launched by the Houthis in Yemen.

Coalition spokesperson Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki later said that two cruise missiles launched towards Riyadh and southern regions of Saudi Arabia had also been intercepted and destroyed by air defence systems. No details were provided about any connection between the debris that struck the Aramco building and the statements concerning these missiles.

The Houthis had previously announced that they had carried out missile and drone attacks on airports, oil facilities and military sites in Saudi Arabia.

Statement on attacks in Yemen

Meanwhile, the Houthi-affiliated Ministry of Health said the death toll from air strikes it said Saudi Arabia had carried out on the al-Shariyah village in Sana’a had risen to 33, with 39 people injured. The ministry said 13 of those killed were children and eight were women. The Saudi-led coalition has not yet commented on the strikes.