Overview
- Huthi spokesman Jahja Saree said the group used ballistic missiles and drones to hit an Aramco site in Riyadh and that the strikes started fires at the facility.
- AFP reporters on the ground in Riyadh described a blaze at the oil site and correspondents in Sanaa heard explosions and saw warplanes firing rockets.
- Huthi-aligned media and spokespeople accused Saudi forces of carrying out 26 airstrikes on Sanaa earlier in the day, a claim that AFP corroborated with observations of explosions.
- Saudi authorities had not issued an immediate public response to the Huthi claim, and independent verification of the full scale and damage of the Riyadh strike remained limited.
- The reported attack is the third in recent months on Saudi oil infrastructure by the Huthis and underscores the wider Iran-linked proxy dynamic that risks further regional escalation and energy market shocks.