Saudi oil giant Aramco has evacuated its headquarters in Dhahran after it recently came under a Houthi ballistic missile attack out of Yemen.
Sources told the AFP and Reuters that the company told remaining staff to evacuate from its headquarters amid two weeks of intensified Houthi attacks across the region.
via Saudi AramcoThe City of Dhahran is in the Eastern Province of the country, and is the administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. There are sprawling residential areas for employees near the HQ, but there's nothing to indicate the residential areas have been evacuated too.
Saudi-coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki had announced on Oct.13: "Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards the city of Dammam."
Reuters reported at the time, "A source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters the Aramco headquarters had been struck, though it was unclear if the building had been hit directly or by falling debris."
The Saudis have released little information on what kind of damage was left in the wake of the strike on the Aramco HQ; however, there's this new reporting in AFP and regional media:
