Houthis announce targeting Yanbu and Riyadh airport as Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles, drones

The Houthi group announced that it had targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and a pumping station in Yanbu, while Saudi authorities and the coalition announced the interception of missiles and drones, including two ballistic missiles they said were launched toward Makkah Province.

Hilal Times Editorial DeskNovember 12, 2026, 09:12 AMUpdated: November 12, 2026, 12:15 PM

Houthis announce targeting Yanbu and Riyadh airport as Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles, drones

Yemen’s Houthi group announced Wednesday that it had targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh with three cruise missiles and Pumping Station No. 11 in Yanbu with a drone, as well as gatherings of Saudi forces at Al-Kharraz Camp and in the Ras al-Ara area inside Yemen, according to a statement by the group’s military spokesman, Yahya Sarea.

In response, Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Civil Defense said air defenses had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis “targeting Makkah Province.” It said fragments and parts of the missiles fell on the village of Sabuha, without providing details about casualties or damage. Reuters reported that the group denied targeting Makkah.

مطار الأمير عبدالمحسن بن عبدالعزيز في ينبع

Drone intercepted in eastern Saudi Arabia

Brig. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, announced on the X platform that a drone targeting eastern Saudi Arabia had been intercepted and destroyed, without identifying the party that launched it.

In Yemen, a government source told Anadolu that the Houthis had targeted the coalition forces’ headquarters in the Al-Buraika district west of Aden on Wednesday evening with two ballistic missiles that fell inside the camp. There was no immediate information about damage. Yemen’s Information Minister Salem Thabet al-Awlaki condemned what he described as repeated shelling of the densely populated city.

مطار الملك خالد الدولي في الرياض

The escalation comes amid intensifying clashes between government forces and the Houthis, who are targeting Saudi territory with missiles and drones in response to strikes for which they hold Riyadh responsible.

Photos: Hürriyet, Wikimedia Commons, SANA News

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