Loud booms are reported near the headquarters of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, in the kingdom’s Eastern Province. Reuters, citing six sources, says the sounds were heard on Tuesday night in the vicinity of the Aramco headquarters.
So far, Aramco does not provide an official comment or confirmation, and there is no public statement from the company reported in the coverage. The reports are linked by outlets to the broader regional conflict, with Reuters attributing the timing to an escalation in the war between Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition. Other reporting notes the lack of immediate verification from Saudi energy officials, underscoring uncertainty around what specifically caused the booms.
