Saudi-Led Coalition Intercepts Houthi Militia Drone over Eastern Saudi Arabia
- Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Riyadh region on November 12, according to the Saudi-led Coalition.
- Major General Turki Al-Maliki provided no further details about the drone and reported no casualties or damage.
- The Coalition said it also intercepted a drone in the Eastern Province and two ballistic missiles in western Saudi Arabia.
- The Coalition reported intercepting two drones launched toward the Makkah and southern regions.
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Houthis claim drone strikes on Riyadh, Saudi military sites; coalition says drones intercepted - The Tribune
Yemen's Houthi militia has claimed to have carried out a series of drone and missile attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, including Aramco facilities in Riyadh, a military cargo plane at Sharurah Airport and Khamis Mushait Air Base, while the Saudi-led Coalition Forces said they intercepted and destroyed drones in the Eastern Region and Riyadh.
Coalition intercepts drones in Riyadh and eastern regions
RIYADH — Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, stated that a drone, fired by the terrorist Houthi militia, was intercepted and destroyed in the Riyadh region. He said that another drone was intercepted and destroyed in the Eastern Province.
Drones launched toward Saudi Arabia destroyed, coalition says
RIYADH: Two drones were intercepted and destroyed in the Riyadh region in separate incidents on Thursday.One of the interceptions took place in the morning and the second in the evening, according to the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen. The drone that was intercepted in the evening was launched by the Houthis, the coalition added. The coalition's spokesperson Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki later announced that another drone had been destroye…
On Thursday, the Alliance for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen announced the interception and destruction of a drone launched by Al-Houthi militia towards Saudi territory.
Saudi Arabia's military coalition announced Thursday that it intercepted a drone in the Riyadh region and another in the east of the kingdom, in the context of a multiplicity of Huthi rebel attacks in Yemen, reports AFP.
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