Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Thursday (October 22, 2026) they had launched attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry in Riyadh, Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, where Saudi authorities said two people were killed.
There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of attacks in Riyadh and Yanbu. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said on Wednesday (October 21, 2026) that debris from an intercepted drone killed two people and injured two others at an Aramco-operated oil field in the country’s southeast.
The Ministry said the two people killed were Nepali and Filipino nationals, while the injured were Pakistani and Indian nationals.
