Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missile launched towards Riyadh

Saudi civil defence says danger passed after it issued two warnings through its national early warning platform.The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, as the Yemeni armed group said it carried out more attacks on the kingdom.Coalition spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki on Wednesday announced the thwarted attack on X, days after two separate strikes hit Riyadh’s King Khalid international airport, killing 14 people and injuring hundreds.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3The escalation in Yemen is a turning pointlist 2 of 3How the Middle East conflict is threatening data centres, internet cableslist 3 of 3Yemeni government launches air strikes on Houthi positionsend of listThe General Directorate of Saudi Civil Defence also issued two alerts through its national early warning platform, later saying the danger had passed. One alert was for the Al-Kharj governorate in Riyadh province, and the other for the capital.The Houthis, an armed group also known as Ansar Allah (Arabic for supporters of God), issued a statement saying they targeted facilities of Saudi ⁠⁠Arabia’s national...