VIDEO: Yemen’s Houthis struck Riyadh with missiles

A series of explosions was heard in the early morning hours in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, according to Agence France-Presse reporters, before the Saudi-led military coalition announced that it had intercepted a ballistic missile and a cruise missile, which had been launched by the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah—also known by the surname of its leaders, the Houthis—which is aligned with Iran.

Residents received a message on their cell phones urging them to seek shelter immediately due to an “air threat,” though this was followed shortly afterward by a second alert from Saudi Arabia’s civil defense agency, which announced that the alert had been lifted.

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“Air defense intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi terrorist paramilitary group toward Riyadh,” as well as a “cruise missile,” coalition spokesman Saudi Colonel Turki al-Maliki announced via X shortly after 3:00 a.m.

Earlier, on Monday night, the spokesperson mentioned the interception of another ballistic missile that was heading toward the southern part of the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest exporter of crude oil, has been the target of repeated attacks by Ansar Allah in recent months, against the backdrop of the resurgence of the war in Yemen.

The armed conflict in Yemen, the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula, escalated in 2014, when Ansar Allah seized the capital, Sana’a, and continued its advance southward, a move that led to the intervention of a military coalition led by Riyadh in support of the internationally recognized government. The fragile ceasefire in the country, which had been agreed upon in 2022, collapsed in the summer when a new front opened in the broader war in the Middle East.

On Sunday, Ansar Allah announced that it had attacked the center of Riyadh, where, according to eyewitnesses, a skyscraper belonging to the Saudi oil giant ARAMCO sustained damage. For their part, Saudi authorities referred to an “attempted attack” that resulted in “minor damage.”

In recent weeks, Ansar Allah has attacked oil tankers in the Red Sea, ARAMCO refineries and oil storage facilities, as well as its headquarters.

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Source: APE-MPE