A strike on Sunday hit an industrial complex in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, sparking a large fire at the facility. IRNA News Agency
A strike at an industrial complex in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam caused a huge fire on Sunday, Iran’s state-run IRNA News Agency reported.
“A Yemeni strike hit an industrial complex in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, sparking a large fire at the facility,” IRNA said in a post on X.
A major blaze erupted at an industrial site in Dammam.
A Yemeni strike hit an industrial complex in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, sparking a large fire at the facility. pic.twitter.com/jq7IAhMiBm
— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) November 1, 2026
The development comes amid escalating hostilities between the Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s internationally recognised government. The two sides have exchanged daily attacks since a fragile truce collapsed over the summer.
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The Houthis on Thursday reported that 12 people had been killed and three others critically injured in what they described as Saudi strikes on residential areas in western Yemen. The group’s health ministry said the casualties occurred when homes belonging to two families were targeted in Al-Barah, in Maqbana district.
The claims could not be independently verified. The Houthis had reported at least 14 deaths in Saudi strikes on a petrol station and market on Wednesday, while the group also targeted the airport in Aden, a stronghold of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, wounding civilians.
The latest escalation follows a breakdown of the 2022 truce in July, after the Houthis allowed an Iranian plane to land in Sanaa in defiance of Saudi control over Yemeni airspace. The move triggered renewed attacks, with the rebels subsequently targeting Saudi territory, shipping and oil facilities.
The Houthis have also intensified attacks on Saudi Arabia, including strikes on Riyadh airport that forced its closure for two weeks and prompted the cancellation of major events, threatening the kingdom’s economic diversification plans.
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Yemen has endured conflict since 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene the following year in support of the government. More than 1,600 people have been killed and over 275,000 displaced since hostilities resumed, according to United Nations figures.
