On Nov. 8 morning local time Saudi civil defence 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 defences 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 aime

On Nov. 8 morning local time Saudi civil defence 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 defences 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 defence alerts issued for Dammam, Al-Zahran and Buqayq were also lifted.