Key facts
- The Houthis said through the Saba news agency that they targeted Riyadh's business zone on Saturday.
- Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said the Aramco Tower suffered only minor damage and no one was killed or injured.
- BBC Verify said authenticated footage showed at least one floor badly hit and windows shattered on more than one level.
- The Houthis said Riyadh airport and Aramco oil storage facilities were targeted in separate strikes.
- Saudi Arabia said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed several missiles.
- Saba said 39 people were injured in a strike in al-Shariyah, east of Sanaa; Saudi Arabia has not commented.
The Houthis said they targeted Riyadh's business zone on Saturday, November 7, according to a statement issued via the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency. The statement did not mention the Aramco Tower by name. The skyscraper, in the Saudi capital's central financial district, was hit in the air attack.
Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said the tower suffered only minor damage and that no one had been killed or injured. Footage authenticated by BBC Verify showed more extensive damage, with at least one floor appearing to have been badly hit by a missile or drone strike and windows on more than one level shattered.
The Houthis also said Riyadh's airport and Aramco oil storage facilities were targeted in separate strikes. Saudi Arabia said its air defenses had intercepted and destroyed several missiles.
Footage broadcast by Houthi-run television channel Al Masirah showed rescuers pulling bodies from the rubble of several buildings in al-Shariyah, a town east of the capital, Sanaa. Saba said 39 people had been injured in the strike. Saudi Arabia has not commented.
A Saudi-led coalition has been fighting the Houthis for more than a decade in support of Yemen's internationally recognized government, which has lost control of a large part of the country to the group. An informal ceasefire unraveled in July after the 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. The Houthis said they were retaliating for what they called a Saudi blockade of their territory and for an air strike on Sanaa airport that Saudi Arabia said was meant to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing.