The coalition’s Sunday tally listed eight interceptions across Mecca, Medina, Riyadh and the Eastern Province.
The coalition’s count included three drones directed at the Eastern Province and two ballistic missiles bound for Riyadh, which it blamed on Yemen’s Houthi group. In his X posts, Al Maliki listed interceptions in both Medina and Mecca, including one drone in Medina and two headed toward Mecca. Al Maliki attributed the Mecca-bound drones to the Houthis.
The Sunday account followed the coalition’s Nov. 11 report of seven interceptions: three cruise missiles aimed at the Riyadh region, two drones directed toward Mecca and southern areas, and two missiles aimed west. The Houthi movement denied targeting Mecca in that episode, as EconoTimes reported in its earlier account of the seven interceptions.