News By Missile Intercepted Over Saudi Oil Region Injures Two,
Damages Buildings
Two children were injured and buildings were damaged when
a ballistic missile was intercepted over Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich
eastern region on Saturday, the ministry of defence said.
The missile was intercepted over a suburb of the city of
Dammam, with scattered shrapnel injuring two Saudi children
and causing light damage to 14 houses, the statement carried
by state news agency SPA said.
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Photos on state media showed broken glass and damaged
entrances of a few residential buildings.
The coalition blamed the attack on the Iran-aligned Houthi
forces. There was no immediate claim of responsibility in
Houthi-run media.
The coalition also said it intercepted and destroyed ballistic
missiles heading towards Jazan and Najran in the southern
part of the country. It earlier reported the interception of three
explosive-laden drones headed towards the kingdom.
Eastern Saudi Arabia is home to significant oil infrastructure
that has previously been targeted by aerial attacks.
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An attack
in September 2019 on two Aramco plants in the east
temporarily knocked out half the country’s oil production.
Yemen’s Houthis, who regularly launch drones and missiles
into the kingdom, have claimed responsibility for several
attacks on Saudi oil installations in the past.
A source familiar with the matter said there was no impact on
facilities belonging to state-controlled oil giant Saudi Aramco
and that the attack happened outside of Aramco facilities.
“The Ministry of Defence will take the necessary and deterrent
measures to protect its lands and capabilities, and stop such
hostile and cross-border attacks to protect civilians, in
accordance with international humanitarian law,” the ministry
said.
The Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015,
backing forces of the ousted government of President Abd-
Rabbu Mansour Hadi fighting the Houthis.
Reuters