Houthi attacks on Saudi sites claim four more lives

Dawn · 23/10/2026، 2:19:15 AM

• Rebels claim targeting Saudi defence ministry, Aramco installations, Dammam airport • Coalition downs four drones above Riyadh, Madina • Egypt urges talks as its parliament weighs military backing for Saudi campaign in Yemen • IRGC warns US against escorting ships thru Hormuz • Pakistan warns pilgrims travelling between Iran and Iraq RIYADH: Yemen’s Houthi forces said on Thursday they had launched attacks on Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry in Riyadh, Aramco facilities in Yanbu and the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, where Saudi authorities said two people were killed. Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolu­tio­nary Guards on Thursday threatened to strike American bases across the Middle East if the US military continues to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The strike on the airport in the kingdom’s eastern oil hub on Wednesday evening killed a Saudi citizen and an Indian national and wounded eight others, according to Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation. It said the injuries ranged from minor to serious, and that operations had resumed and air traffic had returned to normal. Elsewhere, two people were reportedly killed in a Houthi drone attack on a Saudi oil field. The Saudi-led coalition said separately that it had intercepted and destroyed four drones over the Riyadh and Madina regions. Meanwhile, in a televised speech, the Houthi military spok­es­person, Yahya Saree, claimed attacks on Aramco facilities in the Red Sea city of Yanbu and on the defence ministry in Riyadh. Saree said Saudi attacks had killed and wounded 562 people in Yemen since mid-July, when the Houthis imposed a naval blockade on the kingdom. The coalition warned at the time that it would respond “firmly”. Following attacks in the region, Aramco told staff to evacuate its headquarters in Dhahran, on the Gulf coast, and work remotely, six people with knowledge of the matter said. Oil prices This would be the company’s first such evacuation since the Iran war began. The Houth