A #drone attack that hit an oil refinery in Riyadh has caused a "small fire," an official spokesperson at #SaudiArabia’s Ministry of Energy was reported as saying by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).https://t.co/OAQ265HtOC
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) March 11, 2022
A drone attack hit an oil refinery in Riyadh causing a small fire at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday, an official spokesperson at Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy was reported as saying by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Friday.
The “small fire had been brought under control” SPA reported, adding that the attack did not result in injury or death.
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s say they fired three drones at the Aramco refinery and six more at the oil giant’s facilities in the southwestern cities of Jizan and Abha "and other sensitive locations." The Saudis did not report any other attacks.