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The Saudi-led coalition said on Monday that it had intercepted and destroyed two drones over the Riyadh region in central Saudi Arabia, without identifying who launched them, Anadolu Agency reported.
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki announced the interception in a post on “X”. He did not say whether it caused casualties or material damage.
Coalition reports interceptions over Riyadh and southern Saudi Arabia
Earlier on Monday, al-Maliki said air defences had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi group towards Saudi Arabia’s southern region.
Saudi Civil Defense had earlier issued an all-clear for Abha and Najran, as well as the governorates of Khamis Mushait and Taif, after warnings in those areas. It did not specify what threats had prompted the alerts.
Houthis claim attacks on Dammam and Jazan
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed that the group had targeted Dammam airport in eastern Saudi Arabia in two separate attacks using two drones over the past 48 hours, disrupting air traffic.
In a statement on “X”, Saree also claimed that a drone had directly hit an early-warning radar in Jazan, in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border. He said the group had also targeted a military transport aircraft at Jazan airport.
The developments came amid escalating hostilities between the Houthi group and the Saudi-led coalition, which supports Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
Saudi Arabia has led a military coalition against the Houthis since March 2015, after the group seized Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and other parts of the country in 2014.
