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The Aramco building in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) was damaged on Sunday, witnesses told Agence France-Presse (AFP), after the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis toward the Saudi capital.
"Aramco tower in KAFD has been targeted, that’s the sure thing," one witness said.
Two other witnesses confirmed seeing damage to the building, AFP reported.
There was no immediate official comment on the damage or casualties.
"Air defences intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist militia towards Riyadh," coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki wrote on X after loud explosions were heard in the capital.
Less than an hour later, he said: "Air defenses intercepted and destroyed two cruise missiles in the Riyadh and southern regions," without specifying their origin.
Earlier Sunday, the coalition said it intercepted another ballistic missile fired toward the Eastern Province.
Saudi Civil Defense issued an alert in the Riyadh region shortly before the explosions and later announced the danger had passed, a Reuters witness said.
The attack came a day after the Houthi-run health ministry said Saudi airstrikes killed at least 33 people near Sanaa.
Saudi authorities said they were investigating.
The Houthis have targeted Saudi airports, ports and oil facilities since hostilities resumed in July, while Saudi Arabia has carried out airstrikes in Yemen.
The renewed fighting has shattered a 2022 U.N.-brokered truce and become a front in the wider war that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran in February.
The Houthis have demanded $51 billion and recognition as Yemen’s rulers to halt attacks on the kingdom, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported, as the strike near the Aramco tower raises pressure on Riyadh.
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