Saudi authorities said air defence systems intercepted several missiles on Sunday, November 8, 2026, as security warnings spread across parts of the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy confirmed that falling debris damaged an administrative building of Saudi Aramco, the kingdom’s $1.7 trillion state-owned oil giant, in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District, but no casualties were reported.
Houthi military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for the operation, saying the group had targeted Riyadh’s financial district in response to Saudi attacks in Yemen.
According to Saree, strikes on a village near Sanaa and a market in southwestern Yemen had left dozens dead or injured. His casualty claims could not be independently verified.
Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait and Syria condemn attacks
In response, Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attacks as a “flagrant violation of international law” and Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty, warning that they posed “a direct threat to civilians”.
Cairo also expressed solidarity with Riyadh and backed measures taken by the kingdom to protect its territory and citizens.
Egypt’s position comes weeks after its parliament approved President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s request to provide defensive military assistance to Saudi Arabia if needed.
Bahrain, an oil-rich Gulf state, also condemned the attacks, reaffirming Saudi Arabia’s right to self-defence under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and urging the UN Security Council to address repeated strikes on the kingdom.
Fellow oil-rich Gulf nation Kuwait denounced the missile and drone attacks, warning that they endangered civilian lives and threatened regional stability.
Syria, for its part, condemned the targeting of Riyadh’s financial district and the Aramco facility, expressing support for Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty and security.
Fresh attacks raise concerns over Saudi oil facilities
Earlier on Sunday, Saudi Civil Defence issued security alerts in several areas of the Eastern Province, including Dhahran, where Aramco has its headquarters, before lifting the warnings.
The province holds most of Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas reserves. Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran had already suffered extensive damage in a separate attack in October.
Saudi coalition forces also reported intercepting a ballistic missile aimed at the kingdom’s southern region, near the Yemeni border.
Sunday’s attacks followed an October 10 strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport that killed 13 people and injured more than 300, according to Saudi authorities, further disrupting the relative calm established by a UN-brokered truce in 2022.
Saudi Arabia entered Yemen’s civil war in 2015 to restore the internationally recognised government after the Houthis seized Sanaa, beginning years of conflict that have caused a humanitarian crisis and exposed Saudi infrastructure to repeated missile and drone attacks.
Source: africa.businessinsider.com
