Shaybah oil field hit as Washington orders non-essential staff out of Saudi Arabia

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1. 02:09
   ConfirmedDammam

   FlyAden: passenger injured, Thursday flights cancelled

   Yemeni airline FlyAden said a passenger suffered a minor shrapnel injury after one of its flights arrived at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and that the other passengers and crew were safe. It cancelled its Dammam–Aden flight and Thursday 22 October flights from Jeddah and Dammam, and will run precautionary technical checks on the aircraft.

   Source: Roya News
2. 02:04
   ConfirmedEastern Province

   Two killed in attempted strike on Shaybah oil field

   The Saudi Press Agency said a drone trying to hit a facility at Aramco's Shaybah field was intercepted. Two residents from the Philippines and Nepal were killed and two from Pakistan and India were injured. Together with the Dammam airport death, Wednesday evening's attacks in the Eastern Province have now killed 3. No damage to the field has been announced.

   Source: aljazeera.net Arabian Business
3. 01:37
   UnverifiedAden

   Reports of a third Houthi missile on Aden airport

   Saudi daily Al-Jazirah, citing Yemeni sources, reported that a Houthi ballistic missile hit the runway of Aden International Airport for the third time in a month, launched from al-Sabra south of Ibb. The report gave no time for the strike or extent of damage, and no official airport statement was issued within the window.

   Source: al-jazirah.com
4. 01:30
   ConfirmedEgypt / Saudi Arabia

   Sisi: our support for Riyadh is defensive, we will not attack Yemen

   Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the proposed military support for Saudi Arabia aims to defend the kingdom's land and borders and does not include an attack on Yemen. After his speech, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and intelligence chief Hassan Rashad delivered a letter from him to the Saudi crown prince, SPA reported. Egypt's parliament has postponed its deliberations on the mandate until next week.

   Source: New Straits Times / AFP
5. 01:22
   ConfirmedSaudi Arabia / Washington

   Washington orders non-essential staff out of Saudi Arabia

   The State Department ordered non-emergency employees and their family members to leave its mission in Saudi Arabia. Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said the Houthis had stepped up attacks on civilian airports and critical infrastructure in the kingdom. Reuters cited officials saying other Gulf missions would also order families out, but Pigott called an earlier report of a Gulf-wide departure inaccurate.

   Source: Al Jazeera aljazeera.net
6. 01:09
   AttributedTaiz

   Two civilians killed, 11 wounded by Houthi shelling and sniper fire in Taiz

   Taiz's siege affairs office and a local source quoted by the government agency Saba said Houthi mortar and sniper fire in Jabal Sabir, al-Misrakh and the Bir Basha district killed two civilians, including a 7-year-old girl, and wounded 11, mostly women and children. It added that a sniper targeted an ambulance trying to evacuate the wounded. The figures come from government bodies; the Houthis have not commented.

   Source: almasdaronline.com