Thick black smoke and flames erupted around an oil refinery in the Saudi capital as the Houthis launched a fresh attack, furthering fears of escalating oil prices around the world.
Hours after the facility was struck on Saturday morning, the Saudi military launched counter-strikes on the Iran-backed group in Yemen.
The oil refinery belongs to state-owned oil giant Aramco, which is south of Riyadh. Neither the Houthis nor Saudi authorities have yet commented on the incident.
The circumstances remained unclear, though the Houthis have claimed several attacks on facilities belonging to Aramco, majority-owned by the Saudi state, in recent months.
Firefighters were seen attempting to
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