Saudi-led coalition intercepts two missiles, two drones in Riyadh

详细摘要

Fighting escalates in Yemen's Marib and al-Jawf, as UN agency says more than 340,000 Yemenis displaced since August.

Saudi-led coalition forces fighting Yemen’s Houthis have said they intercepted two missiles and two drones targeting Riyadh, allegedly launched by the Houthis, as fighting intensifies across various front lines in Yemen.

“Air defences intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist militia toward Riyadh,” Turki al-Maliki, the Saudi-led coalition spokesperson, said in a post on X early on Sunday.

Earlier on Saturday, al-Maliki said two suspected Houthi drones “were intercepted and destroyed” in the Riyadh and southern regions.

At least 26 people have been killed in suspected Houthi drone and missile attacks in Saudi Arabia since September 23, according to the kingdom’s authorities.

The Houthis have repeatedly targeted Riyadh’s King Khalid International airport, as well as the East-West pipeline and oil infrastructure in eastern and southern Saudi Arabia.

The interceptions come as the Saudi-led forces supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government also said they intercepted several drones launched towards the Yemeni city of Marib.

Yemeni army spokesman Colonel Majid al-Nuzaili said government forces had made gains against the Houthis during heavy fighting in the al-Hazm and Madghal districts of al-Jawf, as fighting intensified in Marib.

Al-Nuzaili said 321 Houthi leaders had been killed or wounded in 723 targeted operations by Saudi-backed forces in the Taiz, Lahij, Marib and al-Jawf governorates, and that 117 military vehicles used by the Iran-allied rebel group had been destroyed.

The coalition carried out at least 37 air strikes and 56 drone attacks, as well as 541 artillery strikes.

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