Houthis claim strike on Aramco site as Yemen fighting intensifies

Spokesman for Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s government says the Houthi claims of targeting Riyadh are ‘misleading’.

Flames are seen at a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco, south of Riyadh, on October 3, 2026 [AFP]

Yemen’s Houthis have said they attacked an Aramco facility in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as fighting between the Iran-aligned group and Yemen’s Saudi-backed internationally recognised government intensifies.

In a statement posted on X on Saturday, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had carried out a “military operation with ballistic missiles and drones” that targeted Aramco in Riyadh.

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He claimed the strikes were “precise and direct” and “led to fires breaking out” at the site. A large plume of smoke and fire was seen rising near an Aramco facility in Riyadh on Saturday.

Later on Saturday, Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s government, said in remarks carried by Saudi media that the Houthi claims of targeting Riyadh were “misleading”.

Early on Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition said its armed forces carried out 97 “precise targeting operations” against Houthi reinforcements on the Tor al-Baha front and the Taiz axis, using warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles and snipers.

Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili, the spokesman for Yemen’s government forces, said the attacks targeted “at least 260 Houthi fighters and destroyed or disabled 44 military vehicles”.

Late last month, the Houthis said they had attacked Aramco facilities in Yanbu, a Red Sea port on Saudi Arabia’s west coast.

Saudi Arabia said at the time it intercepted six ballistic missiles fired towards Taif and Yanbu and reported no damage to Aramco sites.

Earlier this week, the Saudi-led coalition said the Houthis attacked a power station in the Muslim holy city of Medina on Tuesday.

The fighting has intensified since a fragile 2022 truce collapsed in July.

In mid-September, the Houthis seized the port city of Mocha and strategic islands in the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a vital route for global oil shipments, before anti-Houthi forces stabilised front lines.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced since fighting restarted.

Yemen has been at war since the Houthis seized Sanaa in 2014, forcing the Yemeni government to retreat to Aden.

支持也门政府的沙特领导的联军发言人表示，胡塞武装声称以利雅得为目标的说法是“误导性的”。

2026年10月3日，沙特阿拉伯石油巨头阿美公司位于利雅得南部的一处设施发生火灾。[法新社]

也门胡塞武装称，他们袭击了沙特首都利雅得的一家沙特阿美公司设施。与此同时，与伊朗结盟的胡塞武装与沙特支持的、国际公认的也门政府之间的战斗愈演愈烈。

胡塞武装发言人叶海亚·萨里周六在X网站上发表声明称，该组织使用弹道导弹和无人机对位于利雅得的沙特阿美公司发动了军事行动。

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他声称打击“精准而直接”，并“导致现场起火”。周六，在利雅得一家沙特阿美公司设施附近，人们看到一股浓烟和火焰升腾而起。

周六晚些时候，支持也门政府的沙特领导的联军发言人图尔基·马利基在沙特媒体发表的讲话中表示，胡塞武装声称以利雅得为目标的说法是“误导性的”。

周日早些时候，沙特领导的联军表示，其武装部队在托尔巴哈前线和塔伊兹轴线上对胡塞武装的增援部队进行了 97 次“精确打击行动”，动用了战机、无人机、火炮、导弹和狙击手。

也门政府军发言人马吉德·阿卜杜拉·纳齐利上校表示，袭击目标是“至少 260 名胡塞武装分子，并摧毁或损坏了 44 辆军用车辆”。

上个月底，胡塞武装声称他们袭击了位于沙特阿拉伯西海岸红海港口延布的沙特阿美公司设施。

沙特阿拉伯当时表示，拦截了六枚射向塔伊夫和延布的弹道导弹，并报告称阿美石油公司设施未受损。

本周早些时候，沙特领导的联军称，胡塞武装于周二袭击了穆斯林圣城麦地那的一座发电站。

自2022年脆弱的停火协议于7月破裂以来，战斗愈演愈烈。

9月中旬，胡塞武装占领了港口城市摩卡和曼德海峡的战略岛屿，曼德海峡是全球石油运输的重要通道，之后反胡塞武装稳定了前线。

自战事重燃以来，已有数十万人流离失所。

自2014年胡塞武装占领萨那以来，也门一直处于战争状态，迫使也门政府撤退到亚丁。