Missiles Intercepted Near Riyadh After Saudi Coalition Hits Yemen Fuel Depot

Missiles and drones have been intercepted over Riyadh after the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen struck a fuel depot near the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, its spokesperson said.
Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki said projectiles targeting the Saudi capital and other cities were intercepted. No casualties have been reported however fires broke out at Saudi oil company Aramco’s building in Dhahran after the strike, officials said.
It comes after the coalition struck the Yemen Petroleum Company’s al-Sabaha facility on Tuesday night.
The latest tit-for-tat attacks in the conflict “have potentially negative spillovers for everybody, everywhere”, the chief of the the International Monetary Fund said.
The Houthis warned they would target the airport and Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, and Aramco’s headquarters in the eastern city of Dammam.
It came as the Saudi cabinet, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said the Iran-backed group would “bear the consequences” of its recent deadly attacks on the kingdom.
Thirteen people were killed when a missile hit King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, while another person was killed in a similar attack there the following day.
On Tuesday, the coalition said its forces had destroyed three drones north of Riyadh.
The Houthis have said they are targeting airports, oil and gas facilities, and military bases in Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones in response to deadly Saudi strikes on territory that they control in western Yemen, including Sanaa.