Saudi Aramco tower damaged in Houthi missiles attack on heart of capital’s financial district

A Houthi missile damaged a skyscraper that belongs to Saudi oil giant Aramco on Sunday in the heart of Riyadh’s financial district, officials said.

The Aramco Tower suffered “minor damage” when it was hit by “falling shrapnel” after Saudi forces intercepted the latest Houthi missile attack on the capital, according to the country’s energy ministry.

Viral video of the aftermath shows extensive damage to multiple floors on the Aramco tower, with multiple windows shattered and debris seen hanging off the building.

No one was killed or injured as a result of the attack, Saudi officials said. Employees in the financial district have been working from home in recent weeks since the Saudi-Houthi conflict reignited.

The Aramco Tower, which sports a unique zig-zag shape on its upper floors, is one of the tallest buildings in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District.

There were multiple booms overheard across the capital on Sunday morning, with the Saudi Civil Defense issuing early-warning alerts over the Houthi attack, witnesses told Reuters.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been escalating their attacks on Saudi Arabia in the three months since the conflict began, with the terror group claiming the tower attack was just one of many targeting Aramco facilities over the weekend.

Warning alerts were issued in several oil-rich provinces in the country on Sunday, including Dhahran, home of Saudi Aramco’s headquarters.

The latest attacks come after the Houthi’s vowed revenge over Saturday’s bombing in Yemen, which killed at least 33 people in one of the deadliest series of strikes since the conflict began.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree, warned Saturday that Saudi Arabia would “pay a heavy price for every crime and act of aggression.”

With Post Wires