The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed four cruise missiles and two drones on Tuesday in the capital Riyadh and in the kingdom’s south, as Yemen’s Houthis press on with attacks.
“Three cruise missile destroyed in the Riyadh and southern areas,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki wrote on X, later adding “two drones intercepted and destroyed” in the same areas.
Minutes later, it said it intercepted and destroyed another cruise missile targeting Riyadh.
A powerful explosion rang out in the Saudi capital, with a phone alert sent to residents saying “the city of Riyadh is facing a hostile aerial threat”.
While walking down a major avenue in Riyadh, a witness told AFP he “saw a projectile cutting across the sky” above a mall, saying it left “a yellowish trail of light followed by a trail of smoke. Then, we heard an explosion.”
“People were calm; no one was speaking. We were scared and all looking up at the sky,” he added, requesting anonymity.
The reported strikes come after the Houthis attacked Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday, leaving 13 people dead and operations suspended in the worst attack since 2015.
Maliki on Tuesday announced that the coalition launched strikes in Yemen’s Sanaa and the western provinces of Dhamar and Saada targeted facilities used to “supply the war effort” by the Houthis.
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