RIYADH/SANAA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Sunday that it had intercepted five missiles and a drone launched by Yemen's Houthi group toward Saudi Arabia.
The coalition's spokesperson said in statements posted on the social media platform X that air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles targeting the Saudi capital Riyadh and a third ballistic missile heading toward the country's Eastern Province.
The spokesperson added that two cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed in Riyadh and southern regions, along with a drone launched toward southern Saudi Arabia.
In subsequent statements, the coalition announced the destruction of two ballistic missile launchers in Yemen's northern Saada province, which it said were used by the Houthis in an attempted attack on Riyadh earlier in the day.
It said a third ballistic missile launcher used in an attempted attack on Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province was destroyed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
The coalition provided no further details on casualties or material damage resulting from the attacks.
Also on Sunday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that the death toll from Saturday's airstrikes on a village near Yemen's capital Sanaa has risen to 44, with another 40 people wounded.
The channel said Saudi warplanes struck a village east of Sanaa, destroying several houses.
Meanwhile, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said Sunday in a statement posted on X that Saudi forces had launched 91 airstrikes and missile attacks over the past 24 hours, targeting six Yemeni provinces.
The casualty figures and claims could not be independently verified.
The incidents come amid escalating hostilities between the Houthis and government forces supported by the Saudi-led coalition, alongside Houthi-claimed missile and drone attacks inside Saudi Arabia.
Yemen has been mired in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of the country's north, prompting the Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government. ■
