Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, that its forces intercepted missiles fired towards the capital, Riyadh, in the latest exchange in the escalating confrontation with Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The Saudi-led coalition said two missiles were fired towards Riyadh and a third was aimed at the country’s southern region. Coalition spokesperson Major-General Turki al-Maliki said a ballistic missile and a cruise missile were intercepted and destroyed over Riyadh, while a second ballistic missile was brought down over the south. He blamed the Iran-backed Houthis for the attacks.
Multiple explosions were heard in Riyadh, according to the AFP news agency, and residents received text-message alerts telling them to take shelter because of an ‘aerial threat’. The civil defence agency later said the danger had passed. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis.
The attacks came a day after Saudi Arabia reported a fresh attack on its East-West oil pipeline in the Medina region. A Saudi energy ministry official told the state-run SPA news agency that the strike caused a ‘limited fire’ that was extinguished, that pipeline operations were unaffected, and that no one was injured or killed. The pipeline is a vital route for Saudi oil exports while Tehran restricts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Israel war against Iran, and it has come under attack several times.
On Sunday, the Houthis said they had attacked Riyadh’s business district. Saudi officials said falling debris from an ‘attempted attack’ caused minor damage to the Aramco Tower in the capital’s financial district, and images released by SPA showed the deputy governor of the Riyadh region inspecting the building, with damage visible on several floors.
The Houthi-run Saba news agency also reported Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, hitting a gas facility and a building belonging to the state oil company. The coalition did not immediately confirm those strikes.
Source: Al Jazeera
