The Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis towards Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia, according to coalition spokesperson Turki al Maliki, cited by TRT World; on Saturday, he said coalition forces had also intercepted and destroyed four drones over several hours in the Riyadh region, the Eastern Province and southern Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Civil Defense issued “potential danger” alerts in Riyadh, Abha and Khamis Mushait and later said the danger had passed. Saudi-led forces said they had struck multiple positions around the Yemeni city of Taiz to break the Houthi siege, according to Al Jazeera. The Houthis claimed to have shot down a Saudi Apache helicopter near the border region of Najran, according to TASS, while Saudi warplanes carried out 53 airstrikes in Yemen over the past 24 hours, according to Xinhua.