The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis has said that a ballistic missile fired by the group at the Madina region had been intercepted, AFP reports.
The announcement came just minutes after the kingdom’s civil defence agency warned of potential danger in the area near the strategic port of Yanbu.
It was unclear if the two events were connected.
“Air defence intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the Madina region,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a post on X.
Yanbu, on the Red Sea, is the terminus of the East-West Pipeline that allows Saudi oil to bypass the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
The port and pipeline have played a key role since the outbreak of the Middle East war, helping Riyadh ship crude and fuel to global markets.
