Saudi Aramco headquarters hit by missile as Houthi conflict intensifies

A ballistic missile targeted an administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran on Tuesday, causing a limited fire but no casualties, as fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis escalates, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday, citing an Energy Ministry official.The missile hit an office tower in the complex in eastern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night, damaging its top three floors, a company source told Reuters. The source and two other people familiar with the matter said the building had caught fire.The complex houses a major operations centre for Aramco, the world’s largest oil company and a cornerstone of Saudi Arabia’s economy. It oversees an extensive network of onshore and offshore oil rigs, pipelines, refineries and export terminals.The Saudi-led coalition said fragments from a missile intercepted and destroyed over Dhahran had fallen in a residential area, without providing further details.