New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- RIYADH - Saudi-led coalition air defences shot down a Houthi ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh early on Sunday and later reported destroying 10 more ballistic missiles fired toward southern Saudi Arabia, while Saudi Civil Defence said debris from two intercepted missiles injured two people in the south.

Coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki said on X that air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched toward the capital. Saudi authorities issued an alert for a hostile aerial threat in Riyadh and lifted it minutes later, Al Arabiya reported. Explosions were heard in the capital, Al Jazeera reported.

Al-Maliki also said forces destroyed a cruise missile aimed at Khamis Mushait in the ...