On Nov. 8 morning local time Saudi civil defense issued a danger alert for
Riyadh after multiple explosions were heard across the city; the alert was later
lifted. A Saudi-led coalition spokesman, Turki al-Maliki, said air defenses
intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi
movement toward Riyadh. The coalition later said it intercepted and destroyed
two cruise missiles in the Riyadh area and in southern Saudi Arabia, and earlier
intercepted a ballistic missile aimed at the eastern region. Civil defense
alerts issued for Dammam, Al-Zahran and Buqayq were also lifted.
