Saudi air defenses shoot down two drones and intercept two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward Riyadh and Khamis Mushait

Saudi Arabia has once again been targeted in an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The military coalition led by Riyadh said it had intercepted two drones flying toward the capital, as well as two ballistic missiles aimed at the southern city of Khamis Mushait.

The development comes amid continued tensions in the region, as the conflict between the Iran-linked Houthis and forces supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government continues to escalate.

Saudi Colonel Turki al-Malki, the coalition’s spokesman, said air defense systems had identified and destroyed the two drones launched toward the Riyadh area.

Al-Malki published the announcement on the X platform, where he described the attackers as the “Houthi terrorist organization.”

Later, the spokesman also announced the interception of two ballistic missiles launched toward Khamis Mushait, a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia that is home to a major air force base of the kingdom.