Saudi air defenses knock down ballistic missile north of Riyadh

RIYADH: Saudi air defenses shot down a Houthi ballistic missile north of Riyadh, the coalition to support Yemen’s sovereignty said early Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, the coalition’s spokesperson, said on X that the launch platform was being tracked by the Coalition’s intelligence system in the skies above Yemen’s capital Sanaa, and would be destroyed. The Iran-backed group is engaged in a battle with Coalition forces to gain control of the strategic Bab Al-Mandab strait, and have threat