Coalition aid defenses thwart Houthi missile and drone attack on Riyadh and Khamis Mushayt

RIYADH: Saudi air defenses shot down a missile and drone attack on the Kingdom by the Iran-backed Houthi militia early Saturday, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced. In a post on X at 4 a.m. local time, Coalition Forces spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said two drones launched toward the Riyadh area were "intercepted and destroyed." Maliki said in another post 30 minutes later that air defenses also "intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Hout