RIYADH: The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthis toward Riyadh and the Kingdom’s southern region, spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Malki announced on Saturday.
In recent weeks the Houthis have launched strikes on a range of Saudi targets including airports, energy infrastructure, military sites and Riyadh’s financial district.
They have frequently launched attacks against the Saudi capital, particularly its international airport. Last Sunday, a Houthi strike damaged a skyscraper owned by Saudi state oil giant Aramco in Riyadh’s financial district.
Twenty-six people have been killed in attacks on the Kingdom since September, 23 of them in strikes on airports.
Earlier in the week, Saudi air defenses intercepted Houthi missiles and drones launched towards the Saudi capital, Makkah and other regions on Wednesday.
Cross-border fighting involving coalition, which backs Yemen’s internationally recognized government, and Yemeni forces against the militia, who control the capital Sanaa, has intensified amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, opening another front in the conflict.
