DhahranA missile set fire to an Aramco administrative building.
Dhahran anchors the Eastern Province, the centre of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry.
The Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa’s Al Sabaha fuel station and Hodeidah’s loading piers, saying the Houthis use civilian fuel sites for war.
The Houthis say they dispersed fuel reserves before the strike, a claim no one has verified.
Brent crude stood at $106.40 on 12 October, and Aramco has not said whether output will change.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 90+ reports worldwide
- The National leans critical
- reports Bloomberg and Reuters naming Aramco's executive HQ as the target while Saudi authorities have not confirmed which building was hit
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- frames the Houthi strikes as a Trump-cited attempt to raise oil prices before the US midterms, with Trump's 'Failing Nation' attack on Iran
- Middle East Eye leans critical
- quotes Trump's claim that the Houthis 'learned their lesson' from US bombing and his Truth Social line 'I've already won, IN A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE'
Sources: The National, Al Jazeera Online, Middle East Eye