The Saudi Energy Ministry said relevant authorities were completing procedures to deal ⁠with the incident at the refinery, which processes 400,000 barrels of crude ​oil ⁠a day.

Firefighters in Saudi Arabia extinguished a fire at the state-owned oil company Aramco early Sunday, after Houthis claimed the attack.

An airstrike on July 13 hit the runway of Yemen's Sanaa airport, preventing an Iranian flight carrying a high-ranking Houthi delegation from landing.

Saudi Arabia has spent five months trying not to get dragged into a regional conflict, keeping open channels of communication with Tehran even as Iranian drones targeted its oil industry.

Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Iran issues tough demands to reopen strait of Hormuz

Aug 9 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery, they said on Sunday, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the U.

US weapons stockpile issues have frustrated President Donald Trump as he seeks to maintain leverage in negotiations with Iran.

A fire at a sofa factory in Riyadh killed 16 Bangladeshi migrant workers, with Bangladesh coordinating with Saudi authorities to identify the victims and repatriate their bodies.

By Timour Azhari, Ariba Shahid and Tuvan Gumrukcu RIYADH/KARACHI/ANKARA, Aug 7 - Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, wedding Sunni Muslim U.S. allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has brought Iranian missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters.