Saudi says two Houthi missiles intercepted in west

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Saturday that Saudi forces intercepted two missiles fired by Yemen's Houthis toward western areas of the kingdom.

The coalition statement named Taiz and Yanbu as targets. Earlier, Saudi civil defence issued alerts for four western areas, including Yanbu and Taif.

Yanbu is a major oil export hub on the Red Sea coast that has enabled Riyadh to bypass Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.