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Two killed by debris from intercepted drone at Saudi oil field

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 22:32 · Archive

Debris from an intercepted drone has killed two people at a Saudi Aramco oil facility.

Two people have been killed after Saudi air defences intercepted a drone targeting Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oil field, the energy ministry says. A Filipino and a Nepali resident died from falling debris following the interception; a Pakistani and Indian resident were injured. The incident caused a fire in a vehicle outside the facility's perimeter but did not affect operations at the field.

The attack is part of an escalation of missile and drone strikes by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saudi Arabia. The group has been targeting Saudi shipping and oil facilities. Saudi Arabia has responded with strikes on Houthi missile launcher sites. Last month, debris from an intercepted Houthi drone killed a Yemeni resident, the first civilian casualty since the attacks intensified.

The renewed fighting follows a broken four-year truce and marks an escalation in the wider Middle East crisis. Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, struck multiple times by the Houthis this month and shut down on 10 October, has reopened for domestic flights. Major international carriers, including Lufthansa and Air France, have cancelled service through mid-November.

Two killed by debris from intercepted drone at Saudi oil field
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