The Aporia · Aramco facility hit as Houthis and Saudi coalition exchange attacks

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On Tuesday evening, an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, was struck during an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, causing a small fire but no casualties at the site. The same day, the Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting several missiles launched by the Houthis over Riyadh. As a result of these interceptions, four people were injured and fifteen homes damaged in Riyadh due to falling debris from the intercepted missiles.

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Aramco Dhahran Houthis Riyadh Saudi

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Aramco ORG · 3× Riyadh GPE · 3× Saudi NORP · 3× Dhahran GPE · 2× Houthi NORP · 2× Houthis NORP · 2× Saudi Arabia GPE · 1× Saudi Arabia’s GPE · 1× Yemen GPE · 1×

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Blaze reported at Dhahran administrative site while falling missile debris wounds four and damages 15 homes in Riyadh Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that an attack on an Aramco building in the kingdom’s east sparked a “limited fire” and that debris from intercepted Houthi missiles wounded four people in the capital Riyadh. It came hours after the Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthis said it had intercepted several missiles on Tuesday evening, including over Riyadh.

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Aramco facility hit as Houthis and Saudi coalition exchange attacks · assertive framing

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Aramco facility hit as Houthis and Saudi coalition exchange attacks asserted

Houthis → hit → attacks

it → report → Riyadh

A Saudi energy ministry official said an administrative building belonging to oil giant Aramco in Dhahran was struck on Tuesday evening, resulting in a “limited fire” but “no casualties or fatalities”. asserted

building → say → fire

Saudi Arabia’s civil defence agency said on Wednesday that four people – two women, a man and a child – were wounded by debris from two intercepted Houthi cruise missiles in the capital and that 15 homes were damaged. asserted

homes → say → capital