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Saudi-led coalition says it downed drones and missiles over Riyadh, Red Sea and Yanbu

Middle East Eye16 October 2026, 15:49 UTCSaudi Arabia

Saudi-led coalition says it downed drones and missiles over Riyadh, Red Sea and Yanbu The Saudi-led coalition said on Friday that it intercepted missiles and drones over Riyadh and other areas. “We intercepted and destroyed three drones in the southern area and Riyadh … and two cruise missiles over the Red Sea,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki wrote on X. He added that “in the past hours, we intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile over Yanbu”, a city home to the terminus of a major oil pipeline on the Red Sea coast. Since July, Yemen’s Hou

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