{"id":4103,"date":"2026-11-10T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:03:55","slug":"saudi-arabia-intercepts-missiles-drone-as-houthi-attacks-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4103","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles, drone as Houthi attacks escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday it intercepted two missiles launched by Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthis \u200btowards Riyadh, a ballistic missile fired towards the kingdom\u2019s southern region and a drone \u200cover its oil-rich Eastern Province, in a night of heightened military activity across Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest launches come amid an escalation in hostilities between the Houthis and the coalition backing Yemen\u2019s internationally recognised government after the group \u200badvanced in September towards the Bab El Mandeb Strait, a strategic shipping chokepoint at the \u200bsouthern entrance to the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

The Houthis have since stepped up strikes on \u2060Saudi airports, ports and oil facilities, while Saudi Arabia has carried out airstrikes on Houthi targets \u200bin Yemen.<\/p>\n

The coalition said its air defences had destroyed a ballistic missile and a cruise missile \u200bfired towards the Saudi capital.<\/p>\n

Saudi Civil Defence had earlier issued an early-warning alert for Riyadh before later saying the threat had passed.<\/p>\n

In a separate statement, the coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile \u200blaunched towards southern Saudi Arabia, which borders Yemen.<\/p>\n

Saudi Civil Defence had previously issued warning alerts \u200bfor the southwestern cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait, before later saying the danger had passed.<\/p>\n

The Houthi-run Saba news \u200cagency \u2060reported that Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes on Yemen\u2019s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, hitting the Al Mufazir gas station in the Jadar district north of the capital and a building belonging to the state oil company in southern Sanaa.<\/p>\n

Saba later said civil defence teams were working to extinguish a fire in \u200bgas trailers at the Al Mufazir station. Saudi authorities \u2060did not immediately confirm the reported strikes, while the Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the missile and drone launches against Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

The \u200bcoalition later said it had intercepted and destroyed a drone over Saudi \u200bArabia\u2019s oil-rich Eastern \u2060Province.<\/p>\n

The Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia\u2019s economic powerhouse, has been subject to multiple attacks<\/a> by Houthis in the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

It contains the majority of the kingdom\u2019s oil and gas reserves and is home to oil \u2060giant \u200bSaudi Aramco\u2019s headquarters, which suffered extensive damage in an attack \u200bin October<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Southern Saudi Arabia, which borders Yemen, has also repeatedly been hit by Houthi missile and drone attacks targeting military sites \u200band energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday it intercepted two missiles launched by Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthis \u200btowards Riyadh, a ballistic missile fired towards the kingdom\u2019s southern region and a drone \u200cover its oil-rich Eastern Province, in a night of heightened military activity across Saudi Arabia. The latest launches come amid an escalation in hostilities between the Houthis and the coalition backing Yemen\u2019s internationally recognised government after the group \u200badvanced in September towards the Bab El Mandeb Strait, a strategic shipping chokepoint at the \u200bsouthern entrance to the Red Sea.…<\/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-4103","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\/4103","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=4103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}