Yemen and the Red Sea

Yahya Saree claims ballistic missile hit King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and a drone hit Khamis Mushait air base; coalition says Riyadh missile intercepted

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh (claimed)
Actors
Houthis · Saudi Arabia
Importance
Standard

Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Yahya Saree said on the evening of 12 October 2026 that Houthi forces struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile and that the hit was precise, and that a separate drone operation struck Khamis Mushait air base with a direct hit. He again warned airlines that Saudi airports are unsafe except Mecca and Medina. OSINT and wire relays reported Civil Defense alerts and explosions in Riyadh the same evening; the Saudi-led coalition's earlier Monday morning claim of intercepting a ballistic missile toward Khamis Mushait (evt_bf37b089) and the 11 October KKIA Terminal 4 strike (evt_2fc86506) are separate. The Saudi-led coalition said the Houthi ballistic missile fired towards Riyadh that evening was intercepted (Anadolu, Al Arabiya, Arab News), contradicting the claimed hit. Later that evening Saudi Civil Defense briefly issued a potential-danger warning in Khamis Mushait Governorate and lifted it about 10 minutes later, without saying what the danger was (Anadolu). Coalition spokesman Turki Al-Maliki said in a statement on X that the Houthis fired one ballistic missile at Riyadh and two towards Khamis Mushait, and Riyadh residents reported several powerful explosions moments after a phone alert warned of an aerial threat, Al Jazeera reported; as reported, the statement does not say whether the Khamis Mushait figure includes the missile reported intercepted early on Monday (evt_bf37b089). No independent confirmation of impact or casualties for the Houthi claim was established in this pass.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Yah_Saree: ballistic missile on KKIA Riyadh; drone on Khamis Mushait air base, Osint613: AFP journalists report explosions in Riyadh; emergency alert, Press TV relays Yahya Saree KKIA ballistic claim, SpectreMonitor: alerts sounding in Riyadh, Saudi-led coalition says Houthi ballistic missile intercepted over Riyadh, FaytuksNetwork: Saudi coalition confirms it destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Riyadh, Warning briefly activated in Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait over 'potential danger', Houthi missile attack targets Saudi capital Riyadh for third day in a row

Official Houthi military claim via Yahya Saree; Riyadh alerts/explosions relayed by SpectreMonitor and Osint613 citing AFP. Impact and casualties unverified. Saudi-led coalition counter-claim of interception over Riyadh via Anadolu; Khamis Mushait Civil Defense warning via Anadolu. Coalition spokesman's missile count and Riyadh residents' accounts via Al Jazeera.