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Four people were injured, and 15 homes sustained minor damage in Riyadh after debris from two intercepted Houthi cruise missiles fell across the Saudi capital, Saudi Civil Defense reported Wednesday.
The agency attributed the missiles to Yemen’s Houthi group. Saudi-led coalition forces also intercepted another cruise missile in Al-Kharj, southeast of Riyadh.
Separately, an attack targeted an administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in Dhahran on Tuesday evening, sparking a small fire. The Energy Ministry reported no casualties.
Earlier, the coalition stated that it had intercepted and destroyed six missiles and drones launched toward the kingdom.
Saudi authorities continue to report attacks on airports and other sites, while the Houthis threaten further strikes against Saudi airports and oil facilities. More recently, a series of attacks on five Saudi airports killed 20 people between Oct. 5 and 11, prompting flight cancellations and travel warnings from several countries.
The U.S. Mission in Saudi Arabia urged Americans to reconsider travel to the kingdom, maintaining its Level 3 advisory, while designating the area along the Yemeni border Level 4, or do not travel.
The warning cited Iranian and Houthi missile and drone attacks, armed conflict, and terrorism. U.S. government employees needed special authorization to use Saudi airports and travel to several areas, while travel within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of the Yemeni border was prohibited.
The Saudi-led coalition has meanwhile stepped up military operations against Houthi positions in Yemen, including airstrikes on Sanaa.
The attacks came amid renewed fighting in Yemen, where government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition launched the "Dawn of Yemen" operation to retake Houthi-held areas. The latest escalation began in July as a 2022 truce broke down.
U.S. President Donald Trump condemned the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia but stopped short of confirming whether Washington would launch new strikes against the Yemen-based group. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, he left the possibility of U.S. military involvement open and later issued a warning on Truth Social.
"The Houthis are behaving very badly," Trump wrote, accusing the group of resuming attacks after a long period of relative quiet following U.S. strikes in Yemen last year.
He claimed the Houthis had acted at Iran’s behest and deliberately targeted Saudi Arabia to push up global oil prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 3.
"I thought they learned their lesson a year ago when we bombed the HELL out of them and, at their request, stopped," Trump added, referring to the previous U.S. military campaign against the group.
Trump also warned that the attacks would have consequences beyond the elections, writing: "Somebody should explain to them that I’m not running in the Elections, I’ve already won, IN A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE, but I’ll be there after the Elections, and I will never forget!"
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