Riyadh targeted by 3 Houthi missiles, coalition says

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said on Wednesday that its air defences intercepted and destroyed three cruise missiles launched toward the Riyadh area.

Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Malki said on X that the missiles were launched by the Houthi group.

The incident followed weeks of Houthi attacks on the Saudi capital. The Houthis damaged a skyscraper belonging to Saudi Aramco in Riyadh's financial district on Sunday, and Riyadh's international airport has been targeted repeatedly. Deadly attacks forced the airport to close for two weeks last month.

Saudi Arabia formed an international coalition to fight the Houthis in 2015, after the group's takeover of Yemen's capital, Sanaa. After years of an uneasy truce, the conflict reignited in July.