Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missile launched towards Riyadh

Saudi civil defence says danger passed after it issued two warnings through its national early warning platform.The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, as the Yemeni armed group said it carried out more attacks on the kingdom.Coalition spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki on Wednesday announced the thwarted attack on X, days after two separate strikes hit Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, killing 14 people and injuring hundreds.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3The escalation in Yemen is a turning pointlist 2 of 3How the Middle East conflict is threatening data centres, internet cableslist 3 of 3Yemeni government launches air strikes on Houthi positionsend of listThe General Directorate of Saudi Civil Defence also issued two alerts through its national early warning platform, later saying the danger had passed. One alert was for the Al-Kharj governorate in Riyadh province, and the other for the capital.The Houthis, an armed group also known as Ansar Allah (Arabic for supporters of God), issued a statement saying they targeted facilities of Saudi ⁠⁠Arabia’s national oil company Aramco in Dhahran, an Aramco refinery in Riyadh, and the capital’s King Khalid international ‌‌airport.Overnight, the Saudi Ministry of Energy confirmed that the administrative building belonging to Aramco in Dhahran was hit.Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi, reporting from the Qatari capital Doha, said any notion that the Saudi-led coalition could contain the conflict to Yemen had been shattered over the last 10 days, which saw the targeting of several sites in Saudi Arabia.Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport over the weekend killed 14 people and wounded more than 300 others. Houthi attacks have also been reported on other airports, including the Abha International Airport, where two people were killed, and on Aramco facilities.