A large plume of smoke and fire was seen rising in the vicinity of an Aramco facility in Riyadh, a witness told Reuters.

There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities about the fire. Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The fire comes amid escalating hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, who have stepped up attacks on Saudi cities and energy infrastructure.

The Houthi group claimed Saturday that Saudi air strikes targeted the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the northern Saada province amid escalation in the Arab country.

In a post on the US social media company X, the group's Al-Masirah TV said Saudi aircraft fired missiles at a telecommunications network in Saqain district in Saada as well as Maran in the same province.

Yemeni army spokesman Col. Majed Abdullah al Nuzaili said on Saturday that government forces carried out 71 “precise targeting operations” against Houthi positions in Taiz province.

He said the operations targeted combat gatherings, military buildups and reinforcements across 10 areas, including al Aqrood, Sama’, al-Ahkum and Jabal Rasin.

According to al Nuzaili, the operations “resulted in the destruction” of several transport and support vehicles and the “neutralisation of militia members.”

He did not provide casualty figures.

The Houthis did not comment on the statement.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed military commanders and supervisors to hold a one-day standdown by October 15, giving service members time to vote in this year’s midterm elections.

Similar pauses will take place during future election years.

Hegseth said troops stationed outside their home states can face difficulties obtaining, completing and returning absentee ballots.

“We’re not telling you who to vote for,” he said, adding that the day could be used to complete absentee ballots, assist family members or vote at polling places.

US President Donald Trump’s senior national security officials met for several hours at Camp David to discuss next steps in the Iran war and ongoing conflict in Yemen, Axios reported, citing three US officials.

Vice President JD Vance chaired the meeting on Friday, which the administration had not publicly announced, according to the report.

Participants included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House envoy Steve Witkoff, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine.

“Things were decided or at least deeply discussed,” one official told Axios, referring to the Middle East crisis. The report did not specify any decisions.

Russia’s envoy to the IAEA, Mikhail Ulyanov, has pushed back against US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz’s demand that Iran give up its nuclear programme.

“Iran is not obliged to abandon its nuclear programme. It is Iran’s inalienable right,” Ulyanov wrote on X.

He accused the Trump administration of grounding its position in “wrong assumptions” about nuclear non-proliferation norms and the IAEA’s role.

A crude oil tanker was struck by an unknown projectile four nautical miles east of Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.

The tanker’s master reported that the projectile hit the vessel’s port side. All crew members were reported safe.

UKMTO said no environmental impact has been reported so far.

Yemen's government forces and Houthis fought over an area near a waterway crucial to global energy flows, killing 80 combatants over the past day, sources on both sides told AFP on Friday.

Fighting in Taiz has raged since Houthis began a lightning offensive against the internationally recognised Yemeni government.

On Friday afternoon, the Houthis said that Saudi forces had launched 94 strikes against areas under their control in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of strikes to 1,350 since the start of the renewed fighting.

A Houthi projectile has hit a school in Saudi Arabia’s Najran, causing material damage, the Saudi civil defence has said.

The Yemeni army has said that it carried out 474 operations against Houthi targets across several fronts over the past 24 hours, killing or wounding 1,540 members of the group.

Military spokesperson Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said the operations used warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles and rocket launchers to target Houthi positions, movements, reinforcements and military capabilities.

The operations covered fronts from southern Haradh and the coast to Kitaf, Al-Jawf, Marib, Al-Bayda, Lahj, Sanaa and Saada, with a particular focus on Taiz, Nazili said.