Saree claims Aramco strike Vows continued retaliation

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In a statement dated Sana'a, 3 October 2026, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree says Houthi-led forces used ballistic missiles and drones to target Aramco in Riyadh, claiming precise, direct hits and fires at the targeted sites. He presents the operation as retaliation for Saudi attacks on Sana'a and other Houthi-controlled governorates, alleging 60 airstrikes and missile attacks in the preceding 24 hours and 1,410 since the escalation began. Saree warns of further escalatory and deterrent measures, says continued Yemeni bloodshed will impose heavy costs, and pledges to answer blockade with blockade and escalation with escalation and to target Saudi military buildups until attacks stop and Yemen's blockade ends. The speech supplies the Houthi claims and conditions, without independent verification of the strikes, damage or Saudi-attack totals.

IRINN reports another Yemeni attack on Saudi Aramco's Riyadh refinery following Saudi bombing in Yemen. The reporter describes flight suspensions and a continuing blockade; al-Haddad gives an annual economic-cost estimate, and al-Bukhaiti portrays Saudi targets as accessible retaliation for what he calls American attacks. Damage, blockade control, costs and strike chronology remain attributed and unverified. DD India's October 4 package and discussion also report Houthi missile/drone targeting of Aramco in Riyadh after Saudi attacks in Yemen. Saree alleges up to sixty Saudi attacks over twenty-four hours and 1,410 since escalation. DD India preserves Saudi Arabia's denial that Riyadh was targeted. IRINN's affirmative damage/disruption and strategic-success account is not rewritten as an independently verified outcome, and DD India's denial is not suppressed. The original strike chronology remains uncertain. CCTV's October 4 report dates the Houthi statement to October 3 and repeats the specific claim of ballistic-missile/drone targeting of Riyadh Aramco in response to sixty Saudi attacks in twenty-four hours. It reports a fire south of Riyadh on October 3 and no Saudi or Aramco response at its reporting point. DD India's subsequent account includes the Saudi denial. The fire does not independently prove the asserted attack, and neither the denial nor the earlier no-response wording is normalized away. The precise chronology and identity of the earlier IRINN 'again' attack remain uncertain, so the combined record's date precision stays unknown. In the complete official recording published on October 3, Yahya Saree directly claims a ballistic-missile and drone operation against Riyadh Aramco, precise hits and fires. He alleges sixty Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks in the preceding twenty-four hours and 1,410 since escalation, warns of further escalatory and deterrent steps, and promises continued retaliation against Saudi military buildups until attacks and Yemen's blockade end. The spoken dateline establishes the date of this public claim; it does not independently establish attack success, fire causation or the chronology of the earlier IRINN account.