Falling debris from an intercepted drone targeting a Saudi Arabian oil field killed one Filipino and one Nepali national and left two other workers injured, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy said on Thursday.

In a statement, the ministry said the two wounded workers were Pakistani and Indian nationals, respectively. Saudi air defense forces successfully halted an attempted drone attack on the Shaybah oil field operated by Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco), the ministry added. A contractor's vehicle parked outside the facility's perimeter reportedly caught fire during the incident, with no impact on operations. Shaybah, situated in the Rub' al Khali desert near the kingdom's border with the United Arab Emirates, is one of Aramco's major oil fields — part of the energy infrastructure that underpins Saudi Arabia's position as the world's largest crude exporter.

The Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed the Filipino fatality in a Facebook post on Thursday. Saudi Arabia consistently ranks among the top destinations for overseas Filipino workers, and Philippine authorities have kept the safety of nationals in the Kingdom under close watch as the conflict continues.

Separately, DMW Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac said on Thursday that no Filipinos were hurt in the attack on Dammam's international airport. The Saudi Aviation Authority announced early Thursday that an attack on King Fahd International Airport on Wednesday evening killed one Saudi resident and injured eight others. Saudi authorities did not provide further details about the incident.

"No Pinoys have been reported injured [following the attack on King Fahd International Airport], and we are continuing to monitor the situation," Mr. Cacdac told DZMM Radyo Patrol 630.

The two incidents are the latest in a series of assaults on Saudi airports, energy facilities and military bases amid intensifying conflict between the Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. As of this writing, the Houthis had not claimed responsibility for the Dammam attack, leaving open the question of who was behind it, while the DMW's continuing monitoring points to further updates on the conditions of the workers wounded at Shaybah.

On Oct. 11, Houthi projectile strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport injured seven Filipinos, three of whom were in critical condition and admitted to the intensive care unit. Two of the three have since been moved to the burn unit, the DMW said in a statement on Wednesday. One Filipino remains in the ICU, but the agency said the worker is now conscious and registers a 15/15 score on the Glasgow Coma Scale.

The DMW has also successfully repatriated 199 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Saudi Arabia and provided financial aid to 2,061 OFWs in the Kingdom throughout the conflict. — Francessca S. Abalos, BusinessWorld