Despite warnings from the US, Pakistan and Turkey, Iran-backed Houthis target world's largest oil company as Saudi Arabia reveals surprising detail

Key Points:

• Houthi rebels targeted the Saudi Aramco skyscraper in the King Abdullah Financial District, causing visible damage such as shattered glass but no casualties, as coalition forces intercepted two ballistic missiles.
• Saudi coalition forces retaliated by destroying two missile launchers in northern Yemen used in the attack, with only minor damage reported to the administrative building.
• The attack occurred despite diplomatic warnings from the R4 Group (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Türkiye), which condemned the strikes as violations of international law and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
• This incident follows a deadly Houthi missile attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport that killed 12 and injured over 300, marking the deadliest assault on Saudi Arabia in more than a decade.
• The United States expressed grave concern over the escalation, reaffirmed support for Saudi Arabia, and called on Iran to cease supplying weapons to the Houthis during a UN Security Council meeting.