The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it has destroyed two ballistic missile launch pads in the northern province of Saada that were used in attacks on the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Sunday. The announcement came on Sunday evening, hours after the coalition said its air defences had intercepted five missiles fired towards Saudi territory.

Major General Turki al-Malki, the coalition spokesman, said the two launch pads in Saada governorate had been used by the Houthi group in the day's assault on Riyadh. The coalition gave no further detail on the strikes that destroyed them, and the claim has not been independently verified.

Earlier on Sunday, the coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed five missiles launched by the Houthis towards Saudi regions, including three ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles. Two of the ballistic missiles were aimed at Riyadh, al-Malki said in a post on X. A separate coalition statement said a ballistic missile launch platform in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, had also been destroyed after being used in an attempted attack on Saudi Arabia's Eastern Region on Sunday.

Aramco building hit by debris

Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry said an administrative building belonging to the state oil company Aramco in Riyadh was hit by falling debris from an intercepted attack. The ministry said the damage was limited and that no injuries or deaths were recorded. The building stands in the King Abdullah Financial District, which the Houthis have named as a target in their recent claims.

The Houthis, who control Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, claimed six missile and drone operations on Sunday, saying they had targeted Aramco facilities, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and Saudi military positions. Their military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said the operations were a response to coalition attacks in Yemen. None of those claims has been independently verified.

Fighting intensifies across Yemen

The exchange is part of a sharp escalation that has broken a 2022 United Nations-brokered truce. Fighting between the Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-aligned Houthis resumed in July, and the United Nations says more than 1,600 people have been killed and almost 300,000 displaced since then.

A day earlier, Houthi-run health authorities said 33 people, including 13 children, were killed when airstrikes hit homes in a village east of Sanaa. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed carrying out those strikes, and the figures come solely from Houthi-run authorities. The coalition has said it is continuing operations to dismantle the Houthis' ballistic missile network and to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure from cross-border attacks.

Qatar, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia on Sunday, calling for an immediate halt and backing Saudi measures to protect its territory. The Houthis have said their attacks will continue while the coalition campaign in Yemen goes on, raising the risk of further strikes on both sides in the coming days.