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Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for an attack on a facility of Saudi state oil giant Aramco in the capital Riyadh, amid renewed fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-supported Yemeni government forces.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement on X on Saturday that the group carried out a military operation targeting an Aramco facility in Riyadh using ballistic missiles and drones.
He claimed the attacks were “precise and direct” and caused a fire at the facility. Large plumes of smoke and flames were seen near an Aramco facility in Riyadh on Saturday.
However, Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki later described the Houthi claim of an attack on Riyadh as misleading, according to Saudi media.
Early Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition said it had conducted operations against 97 Houthi targets along the Tor Al-Baha front and the Taiz axis to prevent the group from reinforcing its positions. The coalition said fighter jets, drones, artillery, missiles and snipers were used in the operations.
Yemeni government forces spokesperson Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Najili claimed that at least 260 Houthi fighters were targeted and 44 military vehicles were destroyed or disabled.
The Houthis also claimed an attack on an Aramco facility in Yanbu, a Red Sea port city in western Saudi Arabia, late last month. Saudi Arabia said at the time that it had intercepted six ballistic missiles fired towards Taif and Yanbu, with no damage reported at Aramco facilities.
Earlier this week, the Saudi-led coalition said the Houthis had attacked a power plant in the holy city of Medina on Tuesday.
Fighting in Yemen has intensified since a fragile ceasefire reached in 2022 collapsed in July. The Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in 2014, forcing the Yemeni government to relocate to Aden and triggering a prolonged conflict.