Serdar Dincel
08 November 2026•Update: 08 November 2026
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said on Sunday that it intercepted and destroyed a drone and four missiles, including two ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles.
"Air defenses intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the southern region," coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said in a statement on US social media platform X.
Earlier, the coalition announced the interception and destruction of two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group toward the Saudi capital Riyadh.
It also reported intercepting two cruise missiles in the Riyadh and southern regions, without providing details regarding the origin of the missiles.
The Houthi group, for its part, said it carried out four attacks using ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, targeting an airport and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia as well as forces in Yemen.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on the US social media company X that the first attack targeted King Khalid International Airport, Aramco oil storage tanks and the financial district in Riyadh. He claimed the strikes scored direct hits and caused significant damage.
Saree said the second attack targeted an Aramco facility in Abqaiq in eastern Saudi Arabia, where he claimed the strike sparked fires.
He also said a third attack targeted Saudi forces in Yemen’s eastern Al-Jawf province and in Madghal district in the Marib province.
The fourth targeted another group of forces he identified as Saudi in the Al-Mudaraba area of Lahj province in southern Yemen, where he claimed several were killed or wounded.
The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed three ballistic missile launchers that it said the Houthis had used in attempts to target Riyadh and Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province earlier in the day.
In separate posts on X, the coalition said it destroyed one launcher in Sanaa used in the attempted attack on the Eastern Province and two in the northern province of Saada used in the attempted attack on Riyadh.
The Saudi Energy Ministry reported “minor damage” to an administrative building of the Saudi state oil giant Aramco following an attempted attack in Riyadh.
The developments come amid continued military escalation between the Saudi-led coalition and Yemen’s Houthi group, which has launched repeated missile and drone attacks toward Saudi territory.
