In brief
The Houthi movement in Yemen asserted that missiles and drones struck oil refineries, airports and a military command centre in Saudi Arabia on 29 October. Saudi air defences intercepted three of the missiles, and debris from two intercepted launch fell on Riyadh, injuring a citizen and damaging a house and a vehicle. A separate report from Wikipedia claims 22 people died in attacks on three Saudi airports.
On 29 October, Yemen’s Houthi movement announced that it fired six missiles and drones targeting Saudi oil facilities, airports and a military command centre, according to a televised statement aired by Houthi‑run al‑Masirah TV.
Nine minutes into the broadcast, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the missiles were aimed at "Ras Tanura, Abqaiq and Rabigh, all key Saudi Aramco sites," and that two operations had struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and a third had struck a command centre in Najran. He added that the strike "caused casualties among soldiers and officers."
The attacks were launched in response to recent Saudi strikes on Houthi‑held areas in Yemen.
Sources in Riyadh reported that Saudi‑led coalition air defences intercepted three of the six missiles launched at Saudi territory, with one missile intercepted over the Eastern Province and two over Riyadh. The Saudi Press Agency noted that two ballistic missiles were intercepted and that debris from the intact warheads fell across the city of Riyadh, a citizen suffered minor injuries, and a house and a vehicle were damaged.
A related report on Wikipedia states that the same series of ballistic missile and drone attacks that evening struck three Saudi airports – King Khalid, King Fahd and another unnamed airfield – and that a total of 22 people were killed in those incidents.
The Houthi statement also claimed that a missile attack had approached the southern border region of Najran and damaged a military facility, while the Saudi coalition’s defence communique focused only on the interception of missiles, without confirming damage to the targeted sites.
The attacks are described by Houthi officials as retaliation for Saudi air strikes on Yemeni territory over the past week, a pattern of cross‑border escalation that has continued since 2014 when the Houthis seized lands in Yemen and the Saudi‑led coalition entered the war in 2015.
While Houthi sources assert that their missiles struck the targeted facilities and caused casualties, Saudi officials confirm interception but have not independently verified hit locations or casualty figures. The exact number of missiles that reached the intended targets, the precise damage to the oil refineries and airports, and the total casualty toll remain unconfirmed by either side.
