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Missile debris rains on Riyadh, injuring four and damaging 15 homes amid Houthi attacks
Saudi air defences intercept multiple cruise missiles and drones across central and eastern regions.
Missile debris rains on Riyadh, injuring four and damaging 15 homes amid Houthi attacks
Smoke rises from a fire at the Aramco refinery south of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo: FILE) / Reuters

Four people have been injured and 15 homes damaged after debris from two intercepted cruise missiles fell across residential districts in the Saudi capital Riyadh, authorities confirmed.

Saudi Civil Defence announced that the missiles, launched by the Houthi militia, were brought down on Tuesday, with falling shrapnel injuring two women, a man, and a child.

Emergency teams were deployed immediately to provide medical assistance and secure the affected sites.

In a separate statement, Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki confirmed that air defence units intercepted and destroyed another cruise missile over Al-Kharj, southeast of Riyadh.

Aramco under attack

The latest wave of attacks coincided with strikes against critical energy infrastructure.

The Saudi Energy Ministry reported that an administrative facility belonging to state oil firm Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was targeted on Tuesday evening, sparking a fire.

Emergency teams swiftly brought the blaze under control, and authorities reported no casualties.

The incidents formed part of a coordinated cross-border assault.

The coalition confirmed it intercepted and destroyed six missiles and six drones throughout Tuesday.

Al-Maliki said defences intercepted projectiles heading toward Haradh and Dhahran, where falling fragments landed in residential areas.

Three drones were also brought down north of Riyadh, alongside further interceptions across southern Saudi Arabia.

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Houthi militia threats

The aerial barrage followed direct threats issued earlier on Tuesday by the Houthi militia to strike Aramco's headquarters in Dammam, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and Aramco's Riyadh refinery in response to coalition air raids on positions in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.

In response, the Saudi-led coalition announced it conducted a "special military operation" aimed at neutralising logistics networks sustaining the Houthi militia offensive.

The Joint Forces Command stated that Houthi militias were using civilian infrastructure to store military supplies, targeting the central al-Sabaha depot in Sanaa, underground fuel storage reserves, and maritime unloading installations across Al Hudaydah, Sanaa, and Dhamar.

SOURCE:TRT World & Agencies