The "Coalition" intercepts two missiles towards Riyadh... and Al-Houthi announces the targeting of the "Ras Tanura" refinery.

The coalition in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, announced on Tuesday the interception of two ballistic missiles launched towards the capital, Riyadh, while the Iranian-backed Houthi group said it targeted the Ras Tanura oil refinery. The coalition spokesman, Turki Al-Maliki, wrote through his account on the X platform: “The air defense intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards Riyadh.”

Meanwhile, the military spokesman for the Houthis, Yahya Saree, announced on the This comes at a time when the region is witnessing attempts to calm down and stop the war, as officials from the “Mecca Defense Alliance” countries, which includes Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey, met with Iranian officials in Tehran.

The Saudi Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, the Pakistani Army Commander, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and the head of the Turkish Intelligence Service, Ibrahim Kalin, participated in the meetings. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that the visit came within the framework of reducing escalation between the parties to the current crisis and encouraging dialogue and diplomacy, and expressed the Kingdom’s aspiration “for the parties to the crisis to deal positively and practically with the results of this visit and with the continued efforts of Qatar and Pakistan, in a way that contributes to resolving the crisis through dialogue and diplomacy.”

The Saudi Foreign Ministry also stressed in its statement "the importance of opening negotiation channels to prevent the return of military escalation in the region, and in preparation for reaching an agreement that ends the crisis and achieves security and peace in the region and the world."