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MapSaudi-Led Coalition Destroys Two Houthi Missile Launchers In Sanaa After Riyadh Attack
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Coalition says it destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in Sanaa, including one aimed at Riyadh. Saudi air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile and a drone heading toward Riyadh.
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Missile launchers hit in Sanaa
The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, including one used to fire a missile toward Riyadh that Saudi air defenses intercepted.
Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, announced the operation in posts on X, saying the coalition had destroyed the two launch platforms.
The coalition said the counterstrike followed an overnight missile attack on Riyadh that was intercepted and destroyed by Saudi air defenses, and it described the launched targeted operation as a response to the Houthis’ repeated attacks and attempts to target civilians.
Residents of Riyadh were awakened by a Civil Defense alert on their mobile phones at 3:42 a.m. local time warning of a potential “aerial threat,” and a subsequent alert minutes later said the threat had passed.
Al-Maliki later confirmed that a ballistic missile launched toward Riyadh by Yemen’s Houthi militia had been intercepted and destroyed.
Riyadh airport dispute
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree warned that King Khalid airport in Riyadh was still “unsafe” and a “military target” for the Iran-backed group. Saree said, “The Yemeni Armed Forces warn all international, regional and local airlines – as well as staff and travellers – against using King Khalid airport in Riyadh, as it is unsafe and serves as a military target for our forces,” and he added that the “Saudi regime shall bear the consequences of any operations at the airport.” Saudi authorities said they had intercepted drones and missiles over Riyadh and southern areas, and the coalition spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki said on Sunday its forces destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards the capital.
The Saudi Civil Defence agency said the fall of debris following the destruction of two ballistic missiles in Khamis Mushait and Ahad Rafidah caused two injuries, and it said the shrapnel also damaged three residential buildings and seven vehicles. The coalition said it later reported the interception of 10 ballistic missiles fired towards southern Saudi Arabia.
Yemen fighting and casualties
In Sanaa, Huthi media reported that Saudi-led bombardments left 11 dead on Saturday in the Yemeni capital, shortly after the Saudi-led coalition announced it had intercepted two missiles aimed at cities in that country. Al Masirah reported “air attacks by the Saudi enemy” against Sanaa, including one against a residence that left at least four dead and several injured. The network also reported that a bombardment against a residential building intended for workers at a cement factory in the province of Sanaa left six women and a child dead, in addition to three injured.
The article said the Yemen civil war pits Iran-backed Huthis against the government supported by Saudi Arabia and internationally recognized, and it said the war resumed in July amid Middle East conflict escalation. The Saudi-led coalition’s announcements of interceptions were paired with Civil Defense alerts in western regions, and the Civil Defence agency urged residents to “go to the nearest safe place.”