Saudi air defenses intercept six Houthi ballistic missiles targeting Taif and Yanbu
September 25, 2026 at 03:26 AM · Updated 21d ago
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9 reports · 5 in Arabic, 4 in English · over 12 hours
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Saudi Arabia intercepts wave of Houthi missiles as oil climbs to one-week high
(opens the publisher’s site)The Saudi-led coalition intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu as oil prices climbed about 3% on supply concerns.
- The Saudi-led coalition said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu.
- The Houthis claimed the missiles targeted a sensitive site in Riyadh and Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu.
- Yemen's vice president al Alimi-Bawzer urged world leaders at the UN to help defeat the Houthis, saying the militants hold the global economy hostage.
- Riyadh's foreign ministry announced Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will hold an urgent chiefs of staff meeting under their joint defense agreement.
- France offered defensive military assets to help protect Yanbu after the Houthi missile attack on the city.
- Heavy fighting in Yemen killed at least 150 fighters in 24 hours and displaced more than 230,000 people since early September.
- Macron announced France will send troops, radar systems and defense systems to Saudi Arabia to protect the Yanbu oil site, saying the mission is limited to protection.
- Yemeni government forces repelled new Houthi attacks in the Kuhbub mountains and the al-Aghbarah front on the Taiz-Lahij border, with casualties on both sides.
- Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani foreign ministers met in New York on Friday to arrange the urgent chiefs-of-staff meeting, condemning attacks on Mecca and Saudi facilities.
- The Houthis seized the Yemeni port of Mocha, heightening their pressure on Saudi oil exports amid the ongoing attacks.
- The Arab League's general secretariat condemned the Houthi ballistic missile attacks on Saudi cities as a grave escalation and a direct threat to the kingdom's security and stability.
- Pakistan and Turkey remain cautious about the extent of their military involvement in the conflict.