Saudi-led coalition says 2 Houthi drones intercepted over Riyadh, eastern Saudi Arabia

The Saudi-led coalition said Thursday that it intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by Yemen's Houthi group over the Riyadh area and eastern Saudi Arabia.

Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said on US social media platform X that one drone was intercepted and destroyed over the Riyadh area and another over the Eastern Province.

No further details were immediately available about the drones or any damage.

Fighting between Yemeni government forces and the Houthis resumed in July, leaving 12,000 people dead or wounded, according to UN reports.

The renewed hostilities ended a period of relative calm that had prevailed since April 2022, further worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis amid continued fighting and displacement.

Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several provinces in September 2014.

A Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in March 2015 in support of the Yemeni government.