Saudi Arabia faces new level of peril in Houthi attacks, amid wider Iran war

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Saudi Arabia faces new level of peril in Houthi attacks, amid wider Iran war

Yemen’s Houthis are striking Saudi oil infrastructure, as compounding Middle East conflicts threaten to expand.

October 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDTToday at 5:00 a.m. EDT

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*A blaze at a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco is seen Oct. 3, south of Riyadh. (-/AFP/Getty Images)*

By Rachel Chason

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Suzan Haidamous

and

Mohamad El Chamaa

Smoke billowed above the airport and explosions sounded in Saudi Arabia’s capital this week, as the Persian Gulf nation faced some of the biggest attacks it had seen in years by Iranian-backed Houthi militants.

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