RIYADH: Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Major General Turki Al-Malki on Friday said that air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards the southern region of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
التحالف:
الدفاع الجوي اعترض ودمر صاروخ باليستي أطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية باتجاه المنطقة الجنوبية. https://t.co/GLV8hyvGhm
— المتحدث الرسمي باسم قوات التحالف (@CJFCSpox) October 30, 2026
In a separate statement, he said that an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was intercepted and destroyed in Riyadh Region.
التحالف:
اعتراض وتدمير طائرة مسيرة بمنطقة الرياض. https://t.co/iTtdghqhln
— المتحدث الرسمي باسم قوات التحالف (@CJFCSpox) October 30, 2026
In an earlier statement, Major General Turki Al-Malki stated that a UAV launched by the Houthis was intercepted and destroyed in Makkah Region.
التحالف:
اعتراض وتدمير طائرة مسيّرة بمنطقة مكة المكرمة أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية. https://t.co/EFyNPlDmIG
— المتحدث الرسمي باسم قوات التحالف (@CJFCSpox) October 30, 2026
Meanwhile the General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers Council has strongly condemned continued attacks by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia, including recent attempts to target Makkah, Riyadh and the Kingdom’s western region with ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
In a statement issued on Friday from its headquarters in Tunis, the General Secretariat denounced the repeated hostile acts, noting that the missiles and drones had been intercepted and destroyed by Saudi air defence forces.
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The Council said such attacks constituted a blatant violation of the sanctity of holy sites, hurt the sentiments of Muslims around the world, and reflected the Houthis continued efforts to destabilise the region, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
It stressed the need to hold those responsible for the attacks accountable and reiterated its full solidarity with Saudi Arabia.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Saudi Cabinet commended the advanced capabilities of the air defence systems and their success in thwarting the Houthis’ repeated attempts to target Makkah, Madinah, and several Saudi cities and facilities.
It said attacks are a grave aggression against the Kingdom’s sovereignty and the sanctity of Islamic holy sites, and a flagrant provocation to Muslims worldwide, affirming the Kingdom’s legitimate right to defend with full resolve the security of the Two Holy Mosques and their visitors, as well as the country’s citizens and residents.
