Kathmandu, Oct. 24 -- Nepali workers in Saudi Arabia are worried about their safety as attacks attributed to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels target oil facilities, airports and other critical infrastructure across the kingdom.

On Wednesday, October 21, a Nepali worker and a Filipino national were killed when debris from a drone intercepted by Saudi air defences fell on a vehicle at a Saudi Aramco project in Shaybah, in the Eastern Province. A Pakistani and an Indian worker were injured in the incident.

According to a statement from Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry, air defences intercepted a drone targeting an oil processing facility. Debris from the drone fell on a contractor's vehicle, causing a fire that killed the two workers. The i...