Saudi says Houthi missile attack on Riyadh injures four, damages 15 homes

Saudi Arabia says four people were injured in Riyadh in an attack by Yemen's Ansar Allah Houthis on Tuesday. A strike also hit an office building belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran. The Saudi civil defense said it intercepted two Houthi missiles, falling debris, injured four people, including a child, and damaged 15 homes. Well, Zain Basravi is live for us here in Doha. Zain, what other details have emerged so far about these attacks by the Ansar Allah Houthis on Saudi Arabia? and Saudi Arabia's response to these attacks. Well, if there had been any hope that the Saudi-led coalition could contain this conflict to Yemen proper, that illusion has effectively been shattered over the course of the last week or 10 days with the attacks that we've seen consistently targeting sites inside Saudi Arabia, inside the capital, Riyadh. Overnight, the Saudi Ministry of Energy confirming that late Tuesday, the administrative building, as you said, belonging to Saudi Aramco and Dhahran was targeted. Saudi Arabia says it also intercepted several missiles launched towards various locations, including Haradh and Dammam, and said shrapnel had fallen on residential areas there in Dhahran. Now, the Saudi coalition and Yemen's Houthi, Ansar al-Houthi forces, both issued competing evacuation warnings for different targets and civilian areas near those targets. The Saudi-led coalition requested civilians evacuate the Yemeni oil company sites and those nearby al-Sabah Central Station in Sana'a, warning that those evacuation orders were being issued for their safety. This is according to the coalition spokesman speaking about that event. Now, the Ansar Allah Houthi military also responded by saying that it was warning any employees at Saudi oil facilities should evacuate those areas as they constitute reasonable targets as far as Houthi fighters are concerned. Now, U.S. President Donald Trump has chimed in on this conflict, saying that Houthi rebels are stepping up attacks on Saudi Arabia's infrastructure to drive up energy prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. So what we are seeing, these ongoing attacks on targets inside Saudi Arabia, a Saudi-led coalition continuing to target Yemen Houthi fighters inside Yemen, it all continues to point towards escalation, at least in the near to mid-future. And Zain, you say that this is all pointing towards more escalation at this point. With this conflict intensifying as it is right now, what's the reaction in the region been thus far? Well, there's been a great deal of condemnation and solidarity with Saudi Arabia with these attacks from Ansar Allah Houthi fighters continuing to target Riyadh and other cities. And beyond that, there are calls for some kind of joint coalition response, some kind of joint active response, but beyond condemnation and words of support, we haven't seen any practical steps being taken on the ground. But the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, speaking at the opening of the Shura Council yesterday did say that the security of the GCC, referencing ongoing attacks and aggression, he said the security of the GCC countries and their stability is not something that can be overlooked, and this requires us to double our efforts to secure navigation in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and to protect energy and water facilities as well as infrastructure. So the security of these sites remains a priority for Gulf countries. And from the perspective of the Houthis, Ansar al-Houthi fighters that are targeting these sites, it remains a military priority to continue to put pressure on Saudi Arabia. That's Al Jazeera's Zain Basravi live for us here in Doha. Zain, as always, thanks so much for your reporting.