Riyadh, Oct. 16 -- The Saudi-led coalition has claimed to have intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched towards Yanbu, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea and three drones in Saudi Arabia, coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said.

In a series of posts on X, Al-Maliki said the coalition intercepted the ballistic missile launched in the direction of Yanbu, a port city on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast.

"In the past hours, we intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched in the direction of Yanbu," he said.

In a separate post, the coalition spokesperson stated, "We intercepted and destroyed 2 cruise missiles over the Red Sea."

He further said, "We intercepted and destroyed 3 drones in the southern region and Riya...