Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Houthi Ballistic Missile Over Riyadh

The Saudi-led coalition announced on Sunday, October 25, that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Houthi group toward the Saudi capital, Riyadh. This interception follows a series of heavy exchanges on Saturday, October 24, where Houthis claimed widespread missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities in cities including Riyadh, Yanbu, Rabigh, Dammam, Najran, and Khamis Mushait. The Saudi General Directorate of Civil Defense also reported that debris from two intercepted missiles fell in the Mecca and Medina regions.