Blasts heard in Saudi capital after Houthis strike building in Aramco HQ area

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Powerful explosions rattled the Saudi capital, hours after a Houthi strike hit a building in the area housing energy giant Aramco’s operations centre, in a fresh escalation of the war between the kingdom and the Yemeni group, AFP reports.

Regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia unleashed salvos against the Houthi stronghold in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, while the Houthis fired back at sites across the kingdom, which is the world’s top crude oil exporter.

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