Saudi air defences intercept Houthi missile in first Riyadh attack since July escalation

At least 25 Yemeni soldiers and fighters killed in recent clashes across multiple provinces; no Saudi civilian casualties reported from missile attack.

At dawn on a Saturday in September, air raid sirens broke the quiet of Riyadh for the first time in months, as a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi movement was intercepted over the Saudi capital — a reminder that wars fought in distant mountains have a way of arriving at the doorsteps of great cities. The coordinated strike, targeting Riyadh, an Aramco facility, and several western Saudi cities, marks not merely a tactical escalation but a demonstration of will: the Houthis signaling that they hold the power to set the tempo of a conflict now in its most intense phase since a 2022 truc

Saudi air defences intercept Houthi missile in first Riyadh attack since July escalation

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