Houthi missiles hit Saudi oil giant’s headquarters and Trump says he’ll ‘never forget’

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Saudi Aramco’s headquarters complex in Dhahran was damaged Tuesday during a Houthi missile attack, with a fire breaking out in an administrative building.
Saudi forces reported intercepting incoming missiles, leaving an important question unresolved: whether the building was directly struck or damaged by falling debris.
Trump accused the Iran-backed Houthis of trying to drive up oil prices ahead of U.S. elections, warning that he would “never forget” their actions.

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The Iran-backed Houthis have brought their escalating missile campaign to the headquarters of one of the world’s most important oil companies — and President Donald Trump is making it clear he hasn’t forgotten who is behind the attacks.

Saudi Aramco’s headquarters complex in Dhahran was damaged Tuesday as missiles targeted eastern Saudi Arabia, sparking a fire in an administrative building. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry confirmed a limited fire at the compound, while Bloomberg reported that people familiar with the incident said the blaze had been extinguished. There were no reported injuries at the Aramco facility.

The exact cause of the damage remains an important unanswered question. Saudi-led coalition officials reported intercepting Houthi missiles and said shrapnel from an interception fell in a residential area of Dhahran.

Bloomberg reported that it could not immediately establish whether the damage to Aramco resulted from a direct missile impact or falling debris. Either way, the attack reached the headquarters of the company at the center of Saudi Arabia’s oil economy.

And the timing could hardly be worse for the kingdom. The assault follows a series of Houthi strikes on Saudi airports and energy facilities, including the deadly attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport over the weekend. That attack killed civilians, including an American, and wounded hundreds more, prompting condemnation from Washington and warnings of possible retaliation.

Trump has accused the Houthis of renewing their attacks at Iran’s direction. In a Truth Social post Tuesday, the president recalled earlier American strikes against the group. “I thought they learned their lesson a year ago when we bombed the HELL out of them,” Trump wrote.

He said the Houthis had emerged again, “probably at the behest of Iran,” and accused them of deliberately trying to raise oil prices before the American elections.

Then came the warning. “Somebody should explain to them that I’m not running in the Elections, I’ve already won, IN A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE, but I’ll be there after the Elections, and I will never forget!”

The Houthis have also issued threats of their own. Houthi political bureau member Mohammed al-Bukhaiti warned that American involvement in Saudi military operations would bring a “swift and painful” response against U.S. interests in the region.

He also warned employees at Saudi oil facilities and airports to stay away, describing those locations as potential targets. Those are threats from a militant group’s representative, not an assessment that every such facility will be attacked.

Saudi Arabia has already launched strikes against Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen, including facilities the coalition says support the militants’ missile and drone operations.

The Houthis dispute the Saudi account and accuse the coalition of attacking civilian infrastructure. The conflict has increasingly threatened the infrastructure that keeps the region’s economy functioning. Saudi airports have suffered major disruptions. Energy installations have been targeted. And now an Aramco office building has caught fire during a missile attack.

For Saudi Arabia, protecting the oil business is a national-security priority. For the rest of the world, instability around major oil facilities raises the risk of higher prices and interrupted supplies.

Trump believes the Houthis are trying to exploit exactly that vulnerability.

And judging by his latest warning, he wants the militants — and their supporters in Tehran — to understand that the United States is paying attention.