RIYADH, Oct 15 — The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis today said it had intercepted a cruise missile in the Medina region — home to one of Islam’s holiest cities, but the Houthis denied carrying out any such attack.
“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 Houthis quickly responded by saying they did not target the region today, and had previously vowed to spare the holy cities of Medina and Mecca.
Saudi Arabia has in recent days come under sustained attack from the Houthis, including a strike on Riyadh’s international airport that was the kingdom’s deadliest in years, as the war with the group escalates.
