Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted missiles

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday it intercepted and destroyed two missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis towards Riyadh, amid weeks of escalating hostilities between the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group.
The coalition said its air defences destroyed a ballistic missile and a cruise missile fired at the Saudi capital.
Saudi Civil Defence had earlier issued an early-warning alert for Riyadh before the coalition announced the interceptions, later saying the threat in the capital had passed.
In a separate statement, the coalition said that it had also intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards Saudi Arabia’s southern region.