Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. (Credit: Social Media/via Reuters)
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis on Thursday said it had intercepted a cruise missile in the Medina region — home to one of Islam's holiest cities that the Houthis previously vowed not to target.
"Interception and destruction of a cruise missile in the Medina region," coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki wrote on X, with the statement also published by state media.
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis on Thursday said it had intercepted a cruise missile in the Medina region — home to one of Islam's holiest cities that the Houthis previously vowed not to target.
"Interception and destruction of a cruise missile in the Medina region," coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki wrote on X, with the statement also published by state media.
