{
  "id": 18890631,
  "title": "Saudi-led coalition intercepts 2 Houthi missiles fired towards Riyadh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/saudi-led-coalition-intercepts-2-houthi-missiles-fired-towards-riyadh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T07:13:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/11/08/saudi-led-coalition-intercepts-2-houthi-missiles-fired-towards-riyadh"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition combating Yemen's Houthis announced they had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Iran-aligned group towards Riyadh. Booms were heard in the Saudi capital prior to the destruction, prompting the Saudi Civil Defence to issue an alert in the Riyadh region. Authorities subsequently declared the danger had passed.\n\nThe coalition also reported intercepting and destroying two cruise missiles in Riyadh and the southern region. This comes after the recent breakdown of a 2022 UN-brokered truce, as Saudi Arabia led an Arab coalition into Yemen in 2015 with the aim of restoring the internationally recognized government after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa.\n\nThe renewed conflict has turned into a battleground in the broader Middle East war ignited by US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February. Since hostilities resumed in July, the Houthis have targeted Saudi airports, ports, and oil facilities with missiles and drones, while Saudi Arabia has retaliated with airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.\n\nThe latest incident unfolded the day following Yemen's Houthi-run health ministry reporting that Saudi airstrikes had killed at least 33 people near Sanaa. Saudi authorities have launched an investigation into the matter.",
  "summary": "Saudi Civil Defence issued an alert in the Riyadh region shortly before loud booms were heard but later said the danger had passed.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Yemeni forces cut Houthi supply lines between Al-Jawf and Sanaa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/yemeni-forces-cut-houthi-supply-lines-between-al-jawf-and-sanaa",
        "published": "2026-11-08T05:28:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Coalition forces says four Houthi missiles destroyed over Saudi airspace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/coalition-forces-says-four-houthi-missiles-destroyed-over-saudi",
        "published": "2026-11-08T06:16:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Saudi-led coalition intercepts two Houthi missiles fired towards Riyadh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/saudi-led-coalition-intercepts-two-houthi-missiles-fired-towards",
        "published": "2026-11-08T07:51:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}