Saudi Arabia’s air defenses have intercepted 20 drones and a ballistic missile aimed at various targets across the Kingdom since Friday evening, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.
In a series of posts on social media platform X, the ministry said the fresh wave of strikes began at around 7 p.m. Friday, roughly 10 hours after the previous attack was reported at past 9 a.m. the same day.
Also on Saturday, two drones were intercepted and destroyed in the Eastern Province, the Saudi Press Agency reported, citing Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Turki Al-Maliki.