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Saudi air defenses intercept missiles aimed at Riyadh and other regions
Saudi air defenses intercepted three ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles launched toward Riyadh and other regions on Sunday.
The coalition said two ballistic missiles were aimed at Riyadh and one at the Eastern Province, while the cruise missiles targeted Riyadh and southern regions.
The Houthis were identified as the group that launched the missiles amid renewed fighting with Saudi Arabia.
That fighting has broken a UN-brokered truce that began in 2022, after Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen in 2015.
The exchanges are part of a wider regional conflict, with the Houthis targeting Saudi sites and Saudi Arabia carrying out airstrikes in Yemen.
Civil Defense issued warnings and later declared the danger had passed in the affected areas.
Saudi air defenses intercepted ballistic and cruise missiles launched toward Riyadh and other regions early Sunday, according to Saudi authorities.
Saudi Gazette reported that three ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles were intercepted; the Saudi-led coalition’s account reported two ballistic missiles aimed at Riyadh and two cruise missiles.
Civil Defense issued warnings in several areas and later said the danger had passed.
The Saudi-led coalition attributed the launches to Yemen’s Houthi militia.
- Who
- Saudi air defenses intercepted missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia, according to Saudi authorities.
- What
- Ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at Riyadh and other regions were intercepted and destroyed.
- When
- Early Sunday, November 8, 2026.
- Where
- Riyadh and other regions of Saudi Arabia, including the Eastern Province and southern regions.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Civil Defense issued a warning in Dammam, followed by warnings in Al Ahsa and Buqayq.
Saudi air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile aimed at the Eastern Province, Saudi Gazette reported.
Two additional ballistic missiles launched toward Riyadh were intercepted, Saudi Gazette reported.
Two cruise missiles aimed at Riyadh and southern regions were intercepted, and Civil Defense issued warnings for Riyadh and Najran.
Civil Defense issued all-clear notifications confirming the danger had passed.
- Ballistic missiles
- Three, according to Saudi Gazette; two aimed at Riyadh, according to the Saudi-led coalition account reported by Straits Times
- Cruise missiles
- Two intercepted
- Targeted areas
- Riyadh, the Eastern Province and southern regions
- Civil Defense warnings
- Dammam, Al Ahsa, Buqayq, Riyadh and Najran
- Date
- November 8, 2026
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air defenses had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the Eastern Province in the early hours of Sunday