Saudi coalition says missile intercepted in Medina region, after Houthis promised not to target Islam’s holy city

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis says it intercepted a cruise missile in the Medina region — home to one of Islam’s holiest cities, which the Houthis previously vowed not to target.

“Interception and destruction of a cruise missile in the Medina region,” coalition spokesman Turki Al-Malki writes on X, with the statement also published by state media.

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