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A Saudi-led coalition said Thursday it had intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi group over the Riyadh area and eastern Saudi Arabia, according to Anadolu Agency.
Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said on “X” that one drone was intercepted over the Riyadh area and the other over the Eastern Province.
No further details were immediately available about the drones or any damage.
Fighting between Yemeni government forces and the Houthis resumed in July, leaving 12,000 people dead or wounded, according to UN reports.
The renewed hostilities ended a period of relative calm that had prevailed since April 2022, further worsening Yemen’s humanitarian crisis amid continued fighting and displacement.
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several provinces in September 2014.
A Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in March 2015 in support of the Yemeni government.
