The incident resulted in the deaths of a Nepali national and a Filipino national, and injury to a Pakistani national.
Saudi Arabia said that one Indian national was among the injured after debris from an intercepted drone fell near an oilfield in the country’s southeastern region Wednesday.
The incident comes amid a slew of drone attacks from the Houthis as the Houthis and the Saudi coalition continue to fight in Yemen, after their UN-administered four-year truce fell through in July this year. “The incident resulted in a fire in a vehicle belonging to a contractor operating at the oil field, outside the facility’s perimeter, with no impact on operations. The source explained that the relevant authorities responded to the incident and took the necessary measures. This is not the first time Aramco infrastructure has been targeted amid the conflict between the Saudi coalition and the Houthis.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence said in a press release Wednesday, October 21, that the falling debris from an intercepted drone fell on a contractor’s vehicle at the Shaybah oil field, located just 10 km south of the border to Abu Dhabi, and started a fire. A limited fire broke out on October 7 at an administrative building managed by Aramco in the country’s Eastern Province after it was targeted in an attack.
