Houthis say they struck an Aramco site in Riyadh as Saudi-led coalition reports 97 operations
4 October 2026
Yemen's Houthis said on Saturday, 3 October 2026 that they had hit an Aramco facility in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, with ballistic missiles and drones.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree described the strikes as "precise and direct" and said they "led to fires breaking out" at the site.
Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki called the Houthi account "misleading".
The coalition said it carried out 97 precise targeting operations on Sunday against Houthi positions on the Tor al-Baha front and the Taiz axis. Yemen's government forces spokesman, Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili, said those operations targeted at least 260 Houthi fighters and destroyed or disabled 44 military vehicles.
Fighting in Yemen intensified after the 2022 truce collapsed in July 2026. The Houthis have since taken the port city of Mocha and islands in the Bab al-Mandeb strait.
The South China Morning Post reported that combined casualties in the fighting around the Red Sea gateway passed 300, with 84 government troops and 57 Houthi fighters killed between Saturday midday and early Sunday.
In plain words
Bab al-Mandeb Bab al-Mandeb strait — The strait between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
Aramco Saudi Arabian Oil Company — Saudi Arabia's state oil company, the largest crude oil producer in the world by output.