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Saudi Forces Intercept Multiple Houthi Missiles and Drones as Attacks Continue

Escalating strikes and interceptions threaten civilian safety and Saudi energy and aviation hubs and could deepen regional instability.

General view of the highway leading to the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 12, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS
Officials inspect debris from ballistic missile interceptions, in Ar Rashidiyyah, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in this image released on October 24, 2026. Saudi Press Agency /Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TEXT OVERLAY FROM THE SOURCE. DO NOT OBSCURE LOGO. Verification lines: Reuters verified the location of the photos from the buildings, the mountain and the electricity pylon seen in the photos, which matched satellite and archive imagery of the area. The date when the photos were taken could not be verified, but Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense said on Saturday (October 24) that it had intercepted two ballistic missiles launched towards Mecca and Medina. No older versions of the photos were found posted online before October 24. Damien Spleeters, founder of Heimdall, a specialist organization focused on illicit supply chains and weapons procurement, identified the missile fragments as showing the “motor section of a ballistic missile (body and rear-fin arrangement) consistent with the Iranian-designed Kheibar Shekan family.”
Riyadh airport partially reopens despite Houthi threat to keep targeting facility
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Overview

  • The Saudi-led coalition said Sunday it intercepted and destroyed dozens of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement toward Riyadh, the south and western cities, with explosions heard in the capital.
  • The Houthis publicly claimed strikes on Saudi airports, Aramco facilities in Yanbu, the Rabigh refinery and the East‑West pipeline while denying they targeted the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
  • King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh partially resumed operations with Terminal 1 handling domestic flights and Terminal 2 allotted to international services even as Houthi spokesmen renewed warnings that the airport remains a military target.
  • Saudi civil defence said debris and shrapnel from intercepted missiles fell in the Mecca and Medina regions, causing damage and injuring at least two people, and authorities issued and quickly withdrew emergency alerts in several cities.
  • The exchanges follow the collapse of a 2022 truce and recent Houthi gains on the Red Sea coast, raising risks to global shipping through Bab al‑Mandeb and inviting increased foreign air‑defence and political involvement.