Multiple explosions were heard in the Saudi capital on Tuesday (November 10, 2026), as the military coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said it had intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed group towards Riyadh.
On Sunday (November 8), the Houthis claimed attacks on Riyadh’s business district, where witnesses said the Aramco Tower was damaged. Images released by Saudi Arabia’s press agency on Tuesday (November 10) showed the Riyadh region’s deputy governor and other officials inspecting the building, with visible damage to some of its floors. Saudi warplanes on Tuesday (November 10) carried out a series of strikes on the capital Sanaa and its outskirts, targeting a gas facility and a building belonging to the Yemeni state oil company, according to Houthi news agency Saba.
A subsequent message from the country’s civil defence agency said the danger had passed. The coalition had earlier said air defences also destroyed a ballistic missile headed towards the southern region overnight. Saudi authorities said the building suffered minor damage from falling shrapnel after an “attempted attack”.
The coalition initially began fighting the Houthis in March 2015, months after the group seized Sanaa and forced out Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
