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The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis intercepted and destroyed missiles launched toward Riyadh on Sunday, Reuters reported, after loud explosions were heard in the Saudi capital.
According to Reuters, the coalition initially said it had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-aligned Houthis toward Riyadh.
Saudi Civil Defense issued an alert in the Riyadh region shortly before the explosions, a Reuters witness said. Authorities later announced that the danger had passed.
The coalition later said it had also intercepted and destroyed two cruise missiles in Riyadh and the southern region.
The latest missile launches came amid renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, which has shattered a 2022 U.N.-brokered truce.
Saudi Arabia led a coalition of Arab states into Yemen in 2015 to support the internationally recognized government after the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa.
The renewed fighting has become part of the wider Middle East conflict that began after U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran in February.
Since hostilities resumed in July, the Houthis have targeted Saudi airports, ports and oil facilities with missiles and drones, while Saudi Arabia has carried out airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
Sunday’s interceptions came a day after Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry said Saudi airstrikes killed at least 33 people near Sanaa.
Saudi authorities said they were investigating the incident.
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