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Vehicles travel along a road in Riyadh as black smoke billows from a fire at a nearby oil facility in this file photo from October 3, 2026.
Vehicles travel along a road in Riyadh as black smoke billows from a fire at a nearby oil facility in this file photo from October 3, 2026. © AP file photo

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said on Wednesday they had targeted facilities belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco as well as Riyadh airport after loud blasts rattled the Saudi capital. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis earlier said it had intercepted a missile fired towards Riyadh. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. 

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(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)

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