{"id":3122,"date":"2026-10-22T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3122"},"modified":"2026-10-22T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:03:51","slug":"saudi-led-coalition-intercepts-drone-over-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3122","title":{"rendered":"Saudi-led coalition intercepts drone over Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>The Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Riyadh region, as hostilities involving Yemen\u2019s Houthi group and the coalition continue to escalate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coalition spokesperson Turki Al Maliki announced the interception in a brief post on X but did not disclose the drone\u2019s origin or intended target.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Yemen\u2019s armed forces said they had carried out 835 strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets over the past 24 hours, claiming to have neutralised around 285 fighters and commanders and destroyed or disabled about 190 military vehicles and other assets.<\/p>\n<p>A military spokesperson said the strikes were part of Operation Dawn of Yemen and involved combat aircraft, drones, field artillery, rocket launchers and sniper units.<\/p>\n<p>The targets included Houthi movements and gatherings, reinforcements, weapons, armoured vehicles, firing positions, fortifications and supply routes.<\/p>\n<p>The developments come amid escalating hostilities, including attacks targeting Saudi airports and energy facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Riyadh region, as hostilities involving Yemen\u2019s Houthi group and the coalition continue to escalate. Coalition spokesperson Turki Al Maliki announced the interception in a brief post on X but did not disclose the drone\u2019s origin or intended target. Meanwhile, Yemen\u2019s armed forces said they had carried out 835 strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets over the past 24 hours, claiming to have neutralised around 285 fighters and commanders and destroyed or disabled about 190 military vehicles&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}