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The alerts came amid heightened regional tensions, with similar warnings having preceded Houthi attacks in recent weeks, AFP reported.The coalition described the Houthis as a “terrorist militia” in its statement announcing the interceptions.
Authorities also reported an interception involving a missile aimed at Taif on Wednesday, while Saudi air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched towards the Eastern Province on Thursday.
Saudi authorities have not yet provided further details about the latest alerts in Riyadh, Al-Kharj and Najran or confirmed the cause of the explosions heard in the capital.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that its military air defense capabilities brought down a United States surveillance aircraft in airspace near one of the world’s most contested maritime zones, claiming the latest in an expanding series of such interceptions.According to Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC’s Public Relations Department stated that an MQ-1 unmanned aerial vehicle operating east of the Strait of Hormuz near Sirik was detected and destroyed by the….
The operation occurred hours before the announcement, though officials did not specify the exact timing.
The IRGC identified the downed aircraft as an advanced reconnaissance model operated by the United States military.US Vice President JD Vance has contacted Iran’s security chief in a bid to revive peace talks that could head off a renewed American assault on the country, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, the Journal reported, in a move that one of the newspaper’s sources said was directed by President Donald Trump.The letter – as well as subsequent talks between US and Iranian officials – focused on a possible framework for negotiations rather than specifics of a peace proposal, the Journal said.
The war, which the United States and Israel launched in late February, has severely disrupted energy shipments from Gulf countries, causing global economic fallout.Iran began blockading the key Strait of Hormuz waterway, through which around a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas used to travel, after the conflict began and regularly attacks vessels that attempt to cross without its authorization.The United States has meanwhile maintained a naval….
RIYADH/TEHRAN/WASHINGTON – Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched towards Riyadh by Yemen’s Houthi movement, the Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday, as authorities warned the capital was under a “hostile aerial threat” and AFP correspondents reported hearing at least….
