US-Iran war: Houthi attacks spark fire at Saudi Aramco building, wound 4 in Riyadh; Trump weighs joining strikes

The Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis launched strikes on oil facilities in western Yemen on Tuesday, in retaliation for the deadliest attack on the kingdom's soil in years. Blasts were heard in both the Saudi capital Riyadh and an Aramco facility in eastern Saudi Arabia. The coalition claimed it intercepted several Houthi missiles, with debris falling in a residential area in Dhahran, home to Aramco's headquarters.

The coalition spokesman clarified that the strikes aimed to hit facilities used by the Houthi group to supply "the war effort" and threaten the kingdom, Yemen, and the southern Red Sea. A powerful explosion rocked Riyadh, prompting residents to receive alerts of a hostile aerial threat. Witnesses claimed to see a projectile cutting through the sky, leaving a yellowish trail of light and smoke, before an explosion ensued.

Following recent Houthi strikes on Saudi airports and energy sites, the coalition issued evacuation orders in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, for the first time since the war began in July. The Saudi cabinet vowed to prevent any threats to its security or freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait.