Geopolitics · Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Houthi strike hits Saudi Aramco's Dhahran headquarters as Riyadh airport attacks enter a fourth day
A Houthi missile struck an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran on Tuesday, starting a fire with no reported casualties, hours after Saudi-led coalition forces ordered an evacuation of a Houthi fuel depot near Sanaa that they then struck. It is the first hit on Aramco's own headquarters in an escalation that has already struck Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on three separate days, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 300. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree threatened a 'harsh and painful' reprisal for any Saudi strike on Sanaa, and Trump said he might ask Erdoğan to intervene.