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Danger passed in Riyadh after alert

 


Saudi ⁠Arabia's civil defence authorities said danger had ​passed in ​the capital Riyadh on Monday, minutes after raising an alert, a day after an attack by Yemen's Ansar Allah damaged an office building of oil ⁠giant Aramco in the city.
On Sunday, debris ⁠from an attempted attack blew out windows across several floors of Aramco Tower in Riyadh's ‌financial district.
The Saudi energy ministry ​said the ⁠damage was limited and there ​were no casualties, while ‌the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted Ansar Allah missiles ​over the capital.
The Ansar Allah, who claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack, have stepped up missile and drone strikes on Saudi airports, ports and ‌oil facilities.
Hostilities between the kingdom and ​the Iran-aligned group resumed in July, opening another ​front ‌in ⁠the wider Middle East war triggered by US and Israeli attacks on ​Iran in February.
Saudi Arabia has ⁠responded with ​airstrikes against Ansar Allah targets in Yemen. The renewed fighting has shattered a 2022 UN-brokered truce that had largely halted ​hostilities between the kingdom and the ​group.