Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, that its air defences intercepted and destroyed three cruise missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis toward the Riyadh area.
The Saudi-led coalition announced the interception in a statement shared on X by its spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki. “Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 3 cruise missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist militia toward the Riyadh area,” he said, according to Gulf News.
The announcement followed an attack on 8 November in which a skyscraper belonging to Aramco in Riyadh was damaged. Gulf News reported that the building, the site of a business centre, was hit, and that Aramco said a fire broke out in a stairwell, with “limited” impact. The Houthis have also targeted Riyadh’s international airport repeatedly, the report said.
The Saudi-led coalition was formed in 2015 to restore Yemen’s ousted government, but it has not managed to subdue the Houthis, who control most of Yemen’s north. Fighting between Saudi-backed forces and the Houthis reignited in July, following more than three years of relative calm, Gulf News reported.
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Source: Gulf News
