The first comment from the Houthis on targeting an Aramco building in Riyadh.. What did Yahya Saree say?

On Sunday, the Houthis in Yemen claimed responsibility for attacks targeting sites in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, including a multi-storey building belonging to the giant oil company Aramco in the financial district, as part of four military operations they claimed to have carried out using missiles and drones.

The spokesman for the Houthi armed forces, Yahya Saree, said in a statement published on his account on the

Sarie added that the first operation targeted “Khalid International Airport, Aramco tanks, and the financial center” in Riyadh, claiming that the hits were “direct and precise,” and that it left “significant damage to the targeted sites.”

He pointed out that the second operation targeted the Aramco company in Abqaiq, eastern Saudi Arabia, claiming that the attack led to the outbreak of fires in the targeted sites.

The statement stated that the third operation targeted gatherings of Saudi forces east of Al-Jawf Governorate and Madghal District in Ma’rib Governorate, while the fourth operation targeted other gatherings in the Al-Mudaraba area in Lahj Governorate, claiming that the two operations resulted in a large number of deaths and injuries.

The Houthi spokesman vowed to continue military operations towards what he described as “the Saudi depth,” saying that the group will continue to target military sites and gatherings belonging to the Saudi forces and their officers, until the attacks stop and the siege on Yemen is ended.

He added that the group continues to impose what he described as the equation of "siege with siege and escalation with escalation."

The Saudi Ministry of Energy announced, on Sunday, that one of the administrative buildings belonging to Aramco was subjected to a targeting attempt, which resulted in shrapnel falling on the building and causing limited damage to it, without any injuries or deaths recorded.

CNN contacted the Saudi Ministry of Information via email to obtain more details.

The "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen", led by Saudi Arabia, announced on Sunday the interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards the eastern region, and the destruction of two cruise missiles that were heading towards Riyadh and the southern region, in addition to a drone launched by the Houthis.

Coalition spokesman, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, said, “The air defense intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards the eastern region,” according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).