Summary According to coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki, three drones were intercepted over Riyadh and southern parts of Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (Dunya News) - The Saudi-led coalition has claimed to have intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched towards Yanbu, while two cruise missiles were also shot down over the Red Sea.
According to coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki, three drones were also intercepted over Riyadh and southern parts of Saudi Arabia.
Al-Maliki said Saudi air defence systems had successfully intercepted missiles and drones approaching various locations across the kingdom.
Earlier, pilgrims in Saudi Arabia experienced an attack by Yemen's Houthis first hand and others have been forced to change their plans.
Footage of the massive blast that killed 13 people and wounded 300 in a Riyadh airport departure terminal struck by a Houthi missile on Saturday showed many passengers attired in the simple white clothes of Muslim pilgrims travelling to Makkah.
Saudi media reported that a Bangladeshi imam leading a group of dozens of pilgrims was killed and others wounded in the attack.
While the Houthis have promised not to attack either Makkah or Madina, the two holiest places in Islam that attract millions of pilgrims each year, they are targeting other Saudi airports in what they call retaliation for Saudi attacks on them.
"I feel deeply worried for my family and myself," said Fadi Anwar, a Jordanian living in Makkah sitting in the courtyard of the main mosque in Makkah who was wearing the pilgrim's robes. "We constantly receive warnings (phone alerts from the authorities) and it causes us great anxiety."
