Saudi Aramco tells staff to evacuate Dhahran as clashes with Yemen's Houthis continue
Saudi state oil company Aramco has told staff to evacuate its headquarters in Dhahran on the Gulf, six people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday, as fighting between the world’s largest crude exporter and Yemen’s Houthis intensifies. Clashes between the Houthis and Yemen’s government have raged since the group pushed towards Bab el-Mandeb , a shipping chokepoint at the Red…
Saudi oil giant Aramco has instructed its employees to evacuate the company's headquarters in Dhahran on the Gulf due to ongoing conflict with Yemen's Houthis, according to Reuters. The evacuations come as fighting between the world's leading oil exporter and Yemen's Houthi rebels escalates. Clashes between the Houthis and Yemen's government have been ongoing since the group advanced towards Bab el-Mandeb, a critical shipping route at the Red Sea's entrance.
Aramco was targeted by a series of attacks by the Houthis, including strikes on the company's facilities in the Red Sea city of Yanbu and the Saudi defense ministry in Riyadh. The company has not yet commented on the reason behind the evacuation, which marks the first such move since the start of the Iran war. The Saudi stock market fell by 2.5% following the news, while oil prices surged to their highest since May due to fears of further conflict in the Middle East and its potential impact on crude oil supplies.
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