The Saudi-led coalition reportedly intercepted a drone over Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province on Monday night.
In a separate statement, the coalition said that it had also intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards Saudi Arabia’s southern region.
The coalition also said Monday it had destroyed three Houthi facilities used to assemble ballistic missile components.
According to sources, alerts were also raised in Abha and Khamis Mushait. Authorities claimed the east-west pipeline an alternative crude transport route for Saudi Arabia was attacked however operations remained unaffected. So far there are no claims on the attack.
Earlier in the day, Saudi Arabia’s deputy governor of Riyadh inspected an Aramco administrative building in the capital that was damaged in an attack by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group.
The Houthi-run Saba agency reported Saudi airstrikes on the capital Sanaa, hitting a gas station and a state oil company building. Saudi authorities did not confirm this, and the Houthis did not immediately claim the latest launches.
Strikes in Saudi Arabia have been continuing for a month now. Fighting intensified after the truce unraveled in July. By September, the Bab al-Mandeb strait was captured and attacks have been intensified on Saudi Airports, ports and oil facilities. Saudi has been consistently ramping up its defence to battle the wider effect of the US-Iran war.
Several flights to Riyadh and Dammam remained cancelled on Nov 9 as attacks continued.