Saudi Air Defence forces have intercepted seven missiles over northeastern part the country's capital city of Riyadh, according to reports. The Saudi-led coalition earlier said that just one missile had been launched from Yemen before being intercepted and destroyed.
Reports claim that seven ballistic missiles launched from territories inside from Yemen were intercepted by Saudi Arabian air defense forces over the capital of Riyadh late Sunday night, according to state television.
Several loud explosions were heard by local witnesses, according to multiple reports. Social media users are sharing footage of what is believed to be missile interceptions.
The Saudi-led coalition said that seven missiles launched from Yemen toward Saudi territory have been intercepted, Al Arabiya broadcaster reported.
According to the media outlet, debris from the missiles has reportedly killed one person.
This is not the first time the Saudi military has reported a missile interception over their territory. In January, a Royal Saudi Air Force spokesman reported that a ballistic missile was suspected to have been fired by Houthi militants in Yemen before being intercepted and destroyed in the air.
Remarkable footage has emerged of the Royal Saudi Air Defense shooting down one or more incoming ballistic missiles over the northeast part of the capital, Riyadh, on Sunday evening shortly before midnight, according to Saudi state-television.
The missiles, fired from Yemen in a replica attack of last December's ballistic missile launch, were reportedly aimed at several Saudi airports.
— SulaimanAldoosari (@SAUDI_POWER0) March 25, 2018
BREAKING: Saudi air defense intercepts ballistic missile over Riyadh; loud explosions heard across the capital pic.twitter.com/gprUbjEN8C— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) March 25, 2018
Saudi Air Defence have intercepted a missile over northeastern part the country's capital city of #Riyadh pic.twitter.com/ZckKFeEkYN— Bryson Morrison 🇺🇸 (@morrison_bryson) March 25, 2018
Shortly after the attack video also emerged of a missile successfully striking Saudi soil:
— Son Kale Türkiye (@SonKaleTurkiye2) March 25, 2018
— Son Kale Türkiye (@SonKaleTurkiye2) March 25, 2018
This is what the situation in #Riyadh Streets— hONoUR (@Jakoben1789) March 25, 2018
After Houthi attack from #Yemen, remnant of missile can be seen in streetspic.twitter.com/xmph5AsmXK
Husilerin Yemen'den fırlattığı füze parçaları Riyad sokaklarında..
The attacks were focused on several Saudi airports according to Yemeni television station Al-Maseera.
The Houthi attack and Saudi Arabia's response echoes similar strikes last November and December in which a Volcano 2-H missile was launched by Yemeni rebels and reportedly shot down by Saudi air defenses seconds before striking the al-Yamama royal palace.
Two ballastic missiles were fired at Saudi Arabia last November, but neither hit their targets. The first, on November 4, was fired at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh while the second was fired at a Saudi oil refinery on November 30.
Reports of a ballistic missile just intercepted over Riyadh pic.twitter.com/aZW9LvkfOP— عبدالله بن خالد (@AbdullahKhaledS) December 19, 2017
#Houthi fighters in Nihm district. pic.twitter.com/zFW630z5pl— Yemen Observer (@YemeniObserv) March 25, 2018
The Nov. 4 attack on the airport led to a tightening of a longstanding Saudi-led blockade of Yemen, which was already struggling with a devastating famine. As with past incidents involving the Houthis, Saudi accused Iran of supplying the missile to the rebels, a charge Tehran strongly denied. Yemen has been struggling for more than two years with a brutal civil war that has triggered humanitarian crises and tens of thousands of combat-related deaths.
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