Hello and welcome to the details of Saudi Arabia says it intercepted two cruise missiles south of Riyadh and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A picture taken March 3, 2026 shows skyscrapers along the King Fahad main street in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Saudi defence ministry said two cruise missiles were intercepted today over an area south of the capital Riyadh. — AFP pic
Wednesday, 04 Mar 2026 12:17 PM MYT
RIYADH, March 4 — The Saudi defence ministry said two cruise missiles were intercepted today over an area south of the capital Riyadh, and state media reported a separate drone attack was thwarted.
“Two cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed in Al-Kharj” district, a defence ministry statement said, while the official Saudi Press Agency cited a ministry spokesman as saying “nine drones were intercepted and destroyed immediately upon entering the Kingdom’s airspace”. The statements did not say who may be behind the attacks. — AFP
These were the details of the news Saudi Arabia says it intercepted two cruise missiles south of Riyadh for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.



