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The Iran-backed group said it struck an oil facility south of Riyadh, where flames and a large plume of smoke were seen rising from a plant belonging to oil giant Aramco.   Issued on: 03/10/2026 - 16:31  Modified: 03/10/2026 - 22:03   (Reading time) (/build/images/svg/sprite.68b43361c11f23b39049016b32e6ae31.svg#icon-clock)    3 min Reading time   Share (/build/images/svg/sprite.68b43361c11f23b39049016b32e6ae31.svg#icon-share)      By:  (https://www.france24.com/en/author/france-24/) (FRANCE 24) FRANCE 24       (Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital on Saturday.)  Flames burn at a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of Riyadh on October 3, 2026.        © AFP    (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/yemen/) Yemen 's (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/houthi-rebels/) Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital on Saturday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf kingdom of striking (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/sanaa/) Sanaa dozens of times. The foes have traded strikes since the Houthis seized all of Yemen's (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/red-sea/) Red Sea coast and took control of the Bab al-Mandab strait in a lightning offensive last month. Houthi-affiliated channel Al-Masirah TV reported that "Saudi enemy aircraft" hit Sanaa with 26 strikes, after earlier reporting "Saudi aggression" against the Yemeni capital, without providing details on the targets or casualties. Two correspondents in Sanaa reported hearing loud explosions and seeing warplanes firing missiles at the city. In neighbouring (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/saudi-arabia/) Saudi Arabia , flames and smoke were seen rising on Saturday afternoon from an Aramco facility south of Riyadh, an AFP journalist said. While the Saudi authorities are yet to comment, late on Saturday, the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had targeted an oil facility in Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones, adding that they sparked fires at the targeted sites. The AFP journalist reported seeing firefighters attempting to extinguish a blaze at Aramco's Riyadh refinery, located south of the capital, while ambulances and police vehicles were stationed near the facility. The Houthis' Al-Masirah channel earlier on Saturday also reported missile strikes on the telecommunications network in Yemen's northwestern governorate of Saada, one of the group's strongholds. 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