Saudi coalition destroys two Houthi missile launchers

Saudi-led coalition forces destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in Sanaa after Saudi air defences intercepted a missile fired toward Riyadh, coalition spokesman Turki Al-Maliki said Monday, October 26. Al-Maliki said the missile was launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement and that one of the destroyed launchers had been used to fire it. He announced the interception and the destruction of the launchers in posts on X. The coalition said its operations to dismantle the group’s missile network were continuing. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed the group had targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile and struck oil pumping stations with drones. He also claimed Houthi forces attacked Saudi troop concentrations and weapons depots in Yemen’s Aden and Lahj governorates, causing dozens of casualties. Those claims were not independently verified in the reports. Saudi Civil Defense said missile debris injured two people and damaged buildings and vehicles in the Khamis Mushait area on Sunday. One account identified the injured as a Saudi citizen and an Asian expatriate resident, and said three residential buildings and seven vehicles were...