Coalition reports missile interceptions targeting Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted ballistic missiles aimed at Riyadh on Sunday, November 8, after a civil-defense alert and loud booms in the capital. The coalition’s accounts differed on whether two or three ballistic missiles were intercepted that day, and the reports do not independently verify the interceptions.

The coalition said two ballistic missiles were fired toward Riyadh and destroyed. A witness in the city heard loud booms shortly after Saudi Civil Defense issued an alert for the Riyadh region. Authorities later announced that the danger had passed.

A separate coalition statement said air defenses intercepted and destroyed two cruise missiles in Riyadh and the southern region. The coalition spokesperson also confirmed an additional ballistic-missile interception aimed at the Eastern Province, according to one report. The available accounts do not establish whether that interception was included in the differing totals for the day.

The reported interceptions came amid renewed fighting between the coalition and Yemen’s Houthi movement. The coalition has said it has intercepted or destroyed ballistic and cruise missiles and drones across Saudi Arabia...