Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:18am on 04 Oct 2026,Sunday International
A massive blaze broke out at a Saudi Aramco facility south of Riyadh on October 3, with flames and thick smoke visible above the site. Fire engines, ambulances and police vehicles rushed to the facility as firefighters worked to contain the fire. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement claimed it had targeted the Aramco facility with ballistic missiles and drones, saying the attack was retaliation for Saudi strikes on Sanaa and other parts of Yemen. However, Saudi authorities and Aramco had not immediately confirmed that the fire resulted from an attack. The incident comes amid rapidly escalating Saudi-Houthi hostilities.
