Overnight attacks on Saudi Arabia hit a petrochemical complex in a sprawling industrial area in the eastern city of Jubail, a source on the ground told AFP on Tuesday, hours after similar installations in Iran were struck. “An attack caused a fire at the SABIC plants in Jubail. The sounds of explosions were very loud,” the source told AFP, referring to the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation. Jubail in eastern Saudi Arabia is home to one of the world’s largest industrial cities, where steel, gasoline, petrochemicals, lubricating oil and chemical fertilisers are produced. On Monday, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said his country conducted a “powerful strike” on Iran’s largest petrochemical facility in Asaluyeh and Iranian media reported multiple explosions at the site. The attack on the industrial area came as Saudi air defence forces engaged a barrage targeting the kingdom’s eastern region, with seven ballistic missiles intercepted and destroyed, according to a defence ministry spokesperson.

Full report : Jubail in eastern Saudi Arabia is known around the world for its production of gasoline, petrochemicals, lubricating oil and chemical fertilisers.