Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
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The Aramco Tower, a skyscraper in the Saudi Arabian capital's central financial district, had been hit by an air attack.
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Tower → publish → attack
A statement issued via the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency confirmed the group had targeted Riyadh's business zone on Saturday, without mentioning the Aramco Tower by name.
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group → issue → name
The Saudi energy ministry said the tower had suffered only "minor damage" and no one had been killed or injured.
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one → say → damage
Footage authenticated by BBC Verify shows more extensive damage to the building, with at least one floor appearing to have been badly hit by a missile or drone strike.
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floor → authenticate → strike
Windows on more than one level appear to have been shattered by the strike.
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Windows → appear → strike
The Houthis also said Riyadh's airport and Aramco oil storage facilities were targeted in separate strikes.
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airport → say → strikes
Saudi Arabia said its air defences had intercepted and destroyed several missiles.
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defences → say → missiles
The strikes were the latest claimed by the Yemen-based armed group against targets deep inside Saudi Arabia, which the Gulf power has struggled to contain in recent months.
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power → claim → months
It came a day after the Houthis accused a Saudi-led coalition of killing at least 33 people, including women and children, in an air strike on Yemen.
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Houthis → come → Yemen
Footage broadcast by Houthi-run television channel Al Masirah showed rescuers pulling bodies from the rubble of several buildings in al-Shariyah, a town to the east of the capital, Sanaa.
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rescuers → broadcast → capital
Saba said 39 people had been injured in the strike.
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people → say → strike
Saudi Arabia has not commented.
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Arabia → comment → ?
A Saudi-led coalition has been fighting the Houthis for more than a decade in support of Yemen's internationally recognised government, which has lost control of a large swathe of the country to the rebel group.
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which → lead → group
Although the conflict had largely been dormant in recent years, fighting has intensified following the outbreak of the Iran war.
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fighting → intensify → war
An informal ceasefire unravelled in July after the Tehran-backed Houthis announced a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia and began missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports, oil facilities and tankers in the Red Sea.
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Houthis → unravel → Sea
The Houthis said they were retaliating for what they have called a Saudi blockade of their territory, as well as an air strike on Sanaa airport Saudi Arabia said had been to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing there.
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Arabia → say → aircraft
Major fighting has since resumed between Houthi forces and troops aligned with Yemen's Saudi-backed government.
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fighting → resume → government
The United Nations says more than 1,600 people have been killed and more than 300,000 displaced since fighting resumed.
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fighting → say → ?
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