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Saudi Coalition Intercepts Houthi Missile in Riyadh
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In Short: The Saudi-led coalition intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh, amid ongoing clashes and tensions.
The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile fired at Riyadh on Saturday, according to Saudi authorities. No further strikes or casualties were confirmed.
According to an unconfirmed report from AFP, fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces resulted in 48 deaths on Saturday, with conflicting reports from both sides.
Earlier, the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed that the group had targeted Riyadh’s international airport with a ballistic missile and struck oil pumping stations with drones.
Saudi Arabia has reported multiple interceptions of Houthi drones and missiles, including one near Mecca, as tensions escalate. A UN-brokered truce in April 2022 largely halted Houthi attacks on Saudi territory, but hostilities have resumed since July.
The Saudi-led coalition has recaptured several key areas around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Houthi rebels, with 100 fighter jets providing support. The coalition blamed the Houthis for a missile attack on Riyadh’s main international airport that killed 14 people and wounded over 300.
The Saudi-backed government forces reported thwarting a Houthi infiltration attempt in Yemen, killing 12 Houthi fighters and injuring others. The coalition said the Houthi claim of attacking a Saudi Aramco facility was “misleading.”
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that the intensifying conflict could have negative spillovers globally.
The Saudi-led coalition has received U.S. assistance, including intelligence sharing and target identification, for the latest offensive against the Houthis.
Despite reports of surging oil flows out of the Strait of Hormuz, tensions in the Middle East remain high, threatening recent success in restoring oil exports.
What's confirmed
- ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said Monday.
- Gen. Turki al-Malki, said 100 fighter jets were providing support to the forces of Yemen’s internationally recognized government fighting against the Houthis.
- Sunday, September 20, 2026 · 2:03 AM ET In Short: The Saudi-led coalition forces fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Saturday that the Iran-backed group fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh, which was intercepted and destroyed by the coalition’s air defences.
What's still developing
- The Houthis said 31 of their fighters had been killed while government sources said their side had lost 17 soldiers, according to the news agency.
- Outgoing opposition leader and B’Yachad No. 2 Yair Lapid declares that the anti-Netanyahu bloc “won” the election on Tuesday, despite not achieving an outright victory, and asks the public for patience as it begins working to try and cobble together a government with no clear path to majority rule.
- The Houthis had no immediate comment, and as of Tuesday morning no claim of responsibility for the Eastern Region launches had been found.
- Bahrain also called on the UN Security Council to take a firm position against repeated Houthi attacks and ensure the implementation of relevant resolutions, including Resolution 2216 of 2015 and Resolution 2817 of 2026.
- On Sept. 15, the coalition said Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a drone it attributed to the Houthis south of Makkah before it entered the city's restricted airspace.
- New Delhi, Oct 14: A missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement struck a building belonging to Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran overnight, escalating the confrontation between the Iran-backed group and the Saudi-led coalition, the BBC reported.
- Supply reliability at Saudi Arabian Oil Company stood at 99.9%, according to the group.
- The government push came as part of a major offensive launched early Monday under air cover by a Saudi military coalition.
- Rashad al-Alimi, head of the ruling Presidential Leadership Council, said in a televised speech that the operations were aimed at “recovering the remaining territories” controlled by the Houthis.
- A spokesperson for the Houthi-run health ministry said on Friday that 124 civilians had been killed and 327 wounded in what he described as "Saudi aggression" since the escalation began on September 3.
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