Saudi civil defence had sent alerts overnight for Khamis Mushait and Abha but not for Riyadh
A missile being intercepted. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY
Yemen’s Saudi-led coalition said early on Saturday it had intercepted two ballistic missiles and two drones launched by Houthis towards the kingdom.
The coalition said in posts on X that the missiles were headed towards Khamis Mushait and the drones towards the capital, Riyadh, adding that it was monitoring the missile threat and drones launched at the kingdom, without providing further details.
🔴 BREAKING: Saudi Arabia’s air defenses intercepted two drones launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia toward Riyadh, the spokesperson for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, Major General Turki al-Maliki, says. pic.twitter.com/mXszHAmF65
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) September 26, 2026
The Saudi civil defence had sent alerts overnight for Khamis Mushait and Abha but not for Riyadh.
The Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen and much of the north, have been launching attacks against Saudi Arabia since declaring a naval blockade against Riyadh in July, with strikes targeting Saudi vessels in the Red Sea.
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The attacks have targeted Saudi cities, energy infrastructure and shipping, adding to pressures on global oil supplies caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran and putting at risk the main alternative Red Sea route for Gulf exports while traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains largely blocked.
Hours earlier, the military chiefs of Saudi Arabia and defence allies Pakistan and Turkey reviewed threats facing Saudi Arabia at a meeting in the Saudi capital.
The three signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement last month, saying they would regard an armed attack on any of them as an attack on all. They said the pact aimed to strengthen collective deterrence and military cooperation.
The Saudi defence minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, said early on Saturday that he had affirmed with the Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff, Asim Munir, in Riyadh continued joint efforts to confront attacks against the kingdom in accordance with the pact.
