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By Maya Wilson
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Saudi Arabia’s military coalition said it intercepted three missiles fired toward the kingdom on Tuesday, including two aimed at the capital, Riyadh, following a new attack on the country’s East-West oil pipeline, according to Al Jazeera.
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi movement announced that its forces intercepted two missiles fired toward Riyadh and a third directed at the kingdom’s southern region, Al Jazeera reported. Coalition spokesperson Major-General Turki al-Maliki blamed the Houthis for the attacks, according to the outlet.
In a series of posts on X, al-Maliki said a ballistic missile and a cruise missile had been intercepted and destroyed over Riyadh. He said a second ballistic missile was downed over the south of the country, Al Jazeera reported.
Al Jazeera, citing the AFP news agency, reported that multiple explosions were heard in Riyadh. Residents also received text-message alerts instructing them to take shelter because of an “aerial threat,” the outlet said.
Saudi Arabia’s civil defence agency subsequently issued a message saying the danger had passed, according to Al Jazeera. The report did not provide a confirmed assessment of damage caused by Tuesday’s missile interceptions or establish whether anyone was injured or killed in the incidents.
The Houthis had not issued an immediate comment on the reported attacks, Al Jazeera said. The attribution to the group was made by the coalition spokesperson; the outlet did not report an independent confirmation from the Houthis.
The missile interceptions came after a separate attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline in the Medina region on Monday. Al Jazeera reported that a Saudi Ministry of Energy official told the state-run Saudi Press Agency that the pipeline had been targeted and that the incident caused a limited fire, which was extinguished. The official said pipeline operations were unaffected.
Al Jazeera’s report links the missile interceptions to the wider sequence of attacks on Saudi Arabia, but the pipeline incident and Tuesday’s missile launches are separate developments. The Saudi account of Monday’s pipeline attack did not identify a perpetrator. The coalition’s accusation against the Houthis concerned Tuesday’s missile attacks.
The East-West pipeline is an important route for Saudi oil exports while shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted amid the U.S.–Israel war on Iran, Al Jazeera reported. The outlet said the pipeline has been attacked several times during the conflict.
Al Jazeera also reported that the Houthis said on Sunday they had attacked Riyadh’s business district. Saudi officials said falling debris from what they described as an attempted attack caused minor damage to the Aramco Tower. That earlier incident was distinct from Tuesday’s reported missile interceptions.
For Tuesday’s attacks, the available Al Jazeera reporting establishes the coalition’s account of three intercepted missiles, the locations targeted, the reported shelter alerts and the subsequent civil defence message that the danger had passed. A full damage assessment and any casualty toll remain unknown.
About the author: Maya Wilson is the intelligence lead of The Library and lead of the World desk at The Library Media.