Iran-backed Houthi rebels hit the headquarters of the Saudi state-owned oil company Aramco in an overnight strike, two regional officials said on Wednesday (October 14, 2026), damaging the offices of the firm’s chief executive and other top officials.
Aramco didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The state-run SPA news agency published images showing a damaged building and a vehicle with a large cylindrical object, seemingly part of a missile, lodged in its hood. Alerts for incoming missiles were also sounded around Riyadh, though details weren’t immediately clear.
On Wednesday (October 14, 2026), Saudi civil defence authorities in the capital, Riyadh, said debris from an intercepted strike had left one person injured. Because they weren’t authorised to discuss the matter with the media, they spoke on condition of anonymity.
There were no casualties in the attack, which the officials said damaged the building’s top three floors. The sight of smoke rising from some of Saudi Arabia’s most sensitive facilities in recent days has rattled the region and global markets while increasing questions for US President Donald Trump, who has said he’s evaluating whether the US should join Saudi strikes against the Houthis in the latest front in the Iran war. The Saudi energy ministry reported a “limited fire” at the Aramco building on Tuesday night (October 13, 2026). The Saudi-led coalition said that it had intercepted two Houthi drones, four cruise missiles and one ballistic missile targeting Riyadh, a ballistic missile targeting Dhahran and a cruise missile targeting Al-Kharj, a key military and industrial city.
The Saudi-led coalition is also striking oil targets. The coalition attacked another oil facility in Sanaa. The rebel-run Health Ministry reported two dead in attacks in Yemen on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) and blamed the Saudis. Earlier Wednesday (October 14, 2026), the Houthi-run Health Ministry said that two people were killed in an airstrike on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) on an oil facility near the Ras Isa port in Hodeida province.
The Houthis called the attacks retaliation for “treacherous Saudi aggression” against Sanaa, the rebel-held Yemeni capital, and other areas, as the kingdom backs the forces of neighbouring Yemen’s internationally recognised government in a major military offensive launched a week and a half ago.
