Coalition Forces: Interception and Destruction of 3 Cruise Missiles Launched by the Houthis Toward Riyadh

Al-Taj News – The official spokesperson for the Coalition Forces to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Major General Turki Al-Malki, said on Wednesday that air defense intercepted and destroyed 3 cruise missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the Riyadh region.

The Houthis escalated their aggression against Saudi Arabia during October, which included strikes on Riyadh airport, one of which resulted in the death of 13 people and the injury of hundreds of others on October 10, in the most violent attack on Saudi territory in more than a decade.

Airports and energy facilities across Saudi Arabia were subjected to missile attacks launched by the Houthis, in an escalation considered the most severe on the Kingdom’s territory since 2015.

Hostilities resumed against the backdrop of the war in the Middle East with the collapse of a truce that had been in effect in Yemen since 2022. The Houthis made advances on the ground at the expense of government forces, taking control of the western coast and the Bab al-Mandab Strait area.