{
  "id": 16430950,
  "title": "Coalition intercepts and destroys Houthi ballistic missile targeting Riyadh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/coalition-intercepts-and-destroys-houthi-ballistic-missile-targeting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T04:08:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ajel English",
    "slug": "ajel-english",
    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/saudi-arabia/24d2oif8b"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Saudi-led coalition announced it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Houthi militants toward Riyadh. According to Middle East Eye, the announcement was made by coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Maliki. Gulf News reported that three explosions were heard in the capital following an alert for a hostile aerial threat that urged residents to stay in safe places.\n\nSaudi civil defence authorities issued an alert through the National Early Warning Platform and later announced that the danger had passed. Gulf News noted that authorities advised residents to follow instructions, avoid gathering or filming, and to call 911 in an emergency.\n\nFollowing a two-week closure caused by Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital, Riyadh's international airport prepared to resume domestic and international flights on Sunday, according to Al-Monitor and Arutz Sheva - Israel National News. Flight Radar monitoring showed a plane departing from the airport early Sunday for Jeddah.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}