Saudi-led coalition video of strike on launcher of missile fired at Riyadh

Text poster only. The source video shows a black-and-white overhead sensor view with a crosshair over rocky desert terrain and a road, then dark explosions and smoke clouds rising from the ground, with Arabic captions and the Joint Forces emblem. — Saudi-led coalition Joint Forces (@CJFCSpox), watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Video posted Oct. 20, 2026 by the spokesman of the Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen (Joint Forces). The coalition says it shows the tracking and targeting of the platform that launched the Houthi ballistic missile fired at Riyadh earlier that day; it says Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed the missile before it reached the city. The 32-second black-and-white overhead sensor video shows a crosshair over rocky terrain, then explosions and smoke on the ground. The coalition gives no location, and its account is not independently verified.

What: Saudi-led coalition video of strike on launcher of missile fired at Riyadh
Where: Yemen (location not stated)
When: Oct 20, 2026
Who: Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Joint Forces spokesman (@CJFCSpox)
Status: Claim unverified
Warning: Content warning: None. Overhead sensor view of a strike on terrain; no people visible. Graphic level: none.

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Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Joint Forces spokesman (@CJFCSpox) · Saudi-led coalition spokesman on X (Oct. 20, 2026, video)

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Captured 20 October 2026. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Joint Forces spokesman (@CJFCSpox). Location: Yemen (location not stated).

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Credit: Saudi-led coalition Joint Forces (@CJFCSpox), watch at source. License: Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted).