Yemen's Houthis have denied the strike on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline near Medina that Riyadh acknowledged on 9 November, claiming instead that they hit pumping stations on the same line near the capital — as fresh Houthi claims of attacks on Riyadh airport and an Aramco facility pushed oil prices higher on 11 November. ## What Saudi Arabia confirmed Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry said on 9 November that the East-West pipeline was targeted in the Medina region, causing a limited fire that crews extinguished, with no injuries and no disruption to operations, according to [Reuters](https://wnflsports.com/2026/11/09/saudi-official-inspects-aramco-riyadh-office-after-houthi-attack/). The ministry did not name an attacker. Reuters also reported that an Aramco administrative building in Riyadh was damaged in a Houthi-claimed attack, with no injuries, and Saudi officials inspected the site on 10 November. The pipeline matters because Aramco has been pumping about 4 million barrels a day of exports through it to replace volumes unable to exit the Strait of Hormuz, [AGBI](https://www.agbi.com/oil-and-gas/2026/11/renewed-threats-to-gulf-energy-supplies-push-oil-prices-up/) reported. The roughly 1,200km line runs from Abqaiq to the Red Sea port of Yanbu and is rated at seven million barrels a day. ## The Houthis' counter-claim Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on 10 November that the Saudi account of a Medina-region attack was a blatant lie and that the operation targeted the pipeline in Riyadh, not Medina, as reported by [Silent Dossier](https://silentdossier.com/articles/east-west-pipeline-attack-houthis-deny-medina-claim-riyadh-pumping-stations). Riyadh has not confirmed any strike on the line near the capital. On 11 November, Saree claimed fresh strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid airport, pumping stations along the pipeline, an Aramco facility at Abqaiq and military posts in Yemen, AGBI reported, and oil prices rose on Wednesday morning after falling for two days. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed the latest attacks, leaving two conflicting accounts of where the pipeline was hit.