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News card: Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait. Real file photo from December 28, 2024 (NASA, International Space Station, public domain via Wikimedia Commons): the city lights of Abha and Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia at night, seen from orbit; not from October 18. Key facts: at 1:49 AM Sunday Oct 18 Riyadh time (6:49 PM ET Saturday), the Saudi Press Agency reported coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Malki saying two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushait were intercepted and destroyed; Saudi Civil Defense sent danger alerts in Riyadh, Abha and Khamis Mushait, later lifted; no damage or casualties reported; not independently verified. Reported as stated. Sources: Saudi Press Agency, Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-sa-khamis-intercept. @exeindex.
File, Dec 2024: Abha and Khamis Mushait at night from the ISS. not from Oct 18. File photo: NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS crew photo iss072e445148 (Abha, Khamis Mushait and Ahad Rafidah at night, 2024-12-28), via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY 4.0 EXE Index

Oct 18: the Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward Khamis Mushait. Danger alerts in Riyadh, Abha and Khamis Mushait were later lifted. No damage reported.

What
News card: Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait
Where
Middle East
When
2026-10-18
Source
Saudi Press Agency
Credit
File, Dec 2024: Abha and Khamis Mushait at night from the ISS. not from Oct 18. File photo: NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS crew photo iss072e445148 (Abha, Khamis Mushait and Ahad Rafidah at night, 2024-12-28), via Wikimedia Commons
License
Public domain (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY 4.0 EXE Index
Details
Middle East, Saudi Arabia (SA) / Yemen (YE)

militarySaudi Arabia (SA) / Yemen (YE)Middle East

Sources and credit

  1. Saudi Press Agency
  2. Dispatch: the full record

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