A Houthi missile struck a skyscraper in Riyadh's financial district. The projectile hit the offices of Aramco, the state-owned oil giant, tearing a gaping hole in the side of the building. The strike marks another escalation in the kingdom's war with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia intervened in the civil war in Yemen a decade ago seeking to restore the country’s internationally recognised government in its fight against the Houthis. The conflict flared up again this year after a 2022 truce between the kingdom and the Iran-backed rebels collapsed, roiling energy markets.