Key facts
- The coalition said its air defenses destroyed a ballistic missile and a cruise missile fired at Riyadh.
- Saudi Civil Defence issued an early-warning alert for Riyadh before the coalition announced the interceptions.
- A separate coalition statement said a ballistic missile fired toward the southern region was intercepted and destroyed.
- Saudi Civil Defence had issued alerts for Abha and Khamis Mushait before saying the danger had passed.
- The coalition said fighting intensified after the Houthis advanced in September toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on November 10 that it intercepted and destroyed two missiles launched by the Houthis toward Riyadh. The coalition said its air defenses destroyed a ballistic missile and a cruise missile fired at the Saudi capital.
Saudi Civil Defence had issued an early-warning alert for Riyadh before the coalition announced the interceptions, and later said the threat in the capital had passed.
In a separate statement, the coalition said it had also intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia's southern region. Saudi Civil Defence had previously issued warning alerts for the southwestern cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait before saying the danger had passed.
Southern Saudi Arabia, which borders Yemen, has repeatedly been hit by Houthi missile and drone attacks on military sites and energy infrastructure, according to the report.
Fighting between the Houthis and the coalition backing Yemen's internationally recognised government intensified after the Houthis advanced in September toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a shipping chokepoint at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, the report said. The Houthis have stepped up strikes on Saudi airports, ports and oil facilities, while Saudi Arabia has carried out airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, according to the report.