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MapSaudi-Led Coalition Intercepts And Destroys Houthi Ballistic Missile Toward Southern Saudi Arabia
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The coalition intercepted and destroyed ballistic missile launched by Houthis toward southern Saudi Arabia. Spokesperson Turki al-Maliki announced the interception; air defenses operated in Abha and southern regions.
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Missile Intercepted in Saudi Arabia
Saudi-led coalition air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward the southern region of Saudi Arabia, according to coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki. Saudi Civil Defence issued and then lifted alerts warning of “potential danger” in Abha city and in the provinces of Khamis Mushait, Taif and Najran. Fighting continued along key fronts between the Houthis and forces loyal to the internationally recognised Yemeni government, with clashes described as raging in Yemen’s al-Jawf.
Yemeni army spokesman Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said on Sunday evening that government forces conducted 1,272 “targeting operations” against Houthi fighters, fortifications and weapons supplies over 24 hours. The Al Jazeera report said the coalition did not comment on Houthi-affiliated reporting of strikes on Hodeidah, Ras Isa port dock and an oil company site in Bajil district.
Airstrikes, Siege, and EU Condemnation
Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced via Telegram that Saudi warplanes, including F-15s and Typhoons taking off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif airbases, carried out 109 airstrikes targeting civilian sites in Saada, Taiz, Lahj, Al-Jawf, and Al-Hudaydah. The EU Council condemned the ongoing military escalation by the Houthis in Yemen and their attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, calling the actions “shameful acts.” The EU urged an immediate halt to all Houthi military operations and called on all parties, including Iran, to stop all forms of military support to the Houthis.
Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan called for urgent help for the city’s deteriorating health facilities after the Houthis cut off supply routes to Taiz in early October. Al Jazeera reported that 120 health centres had stopped operating and another 66 were close to shutting down since the siege began, while Nour al-Din al-Mansouri said at least 23 trucks were damaged or overturned in the past two weeks.
Retaliation Threats and Humanitarian Stakes
The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said its statement that “These constant crimes and attacks will not go unpunished, and will certainly draw painful responses” aimed at installations belonging to parties funding the aggression. The ministry warned that “The incessant targeting of [Yemeni] civilian facilities will place all vital and critical installations inside Saudi Arabia in a databank of targets” for Yemeni Armed Forces to pound in retaliation. Al Jazeera said the latest clashes came as Yemeni government forces kept up their campaign to regain positions from the Houthis in al-Jawf, while operations were ongoing in al-Jawf, neighbouring Marib and al-Bayda.
The EU said more than 22 million people require humanitarian assistance and that Taiz houses between 800,000 and 950,000 civilians, including internally displaced persons. The EU renewed its call for the immediate and unconditional release of all humanitarian workers, including the seventy United Nations staff members still unlawfully detained by the Houthis in Sana’a.