Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense briefly warned residents in Taif, Yanbu, Mecca and Jeddah of potential danger on Saturday, in the hours around reports of renewed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.

Alerts in Taif, Yanbu, Mecca and Jeddah

Earlier on Saturday, the Civil Defense issued short-lived alerts warning residents of potential danger in Taif and Yanbu, as well as in Jeddah, the kingdom's second-largest city, and the holy city of Mecca. About 10 minutes later, it said the threat had passed.

What the Houthis say they hit

Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group targeted a range of sites across the country:

• •King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh
• •King Fahd International Airport in Dammam
• •An airport in Najran and an airbase in Khamis Mushait
• •An Aramco facility in Yanbu and the Rabigh oil refinery
• •Crude oil pumping stations and the East-West Pipeline

Yemen's Saudi-backed government said the Houthis also fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard sites in the port city of Aden. The government's Interior Ministry said two of the missiles struck a coast guard headquarters and a third hit a coast guard building in Aden's Tawahi district. Saree, for his part, said Houthi forces targeted Saudi-backed military gatherings at what he called Al-Nasr camp and a naval military base in Aden, saying Saudi officers were overseeing the mobilisation there.

Saudi response unconfirmed

There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities of the Houthi reports, and it remained unclear whether the claimed attacks hit their targets or were intercepted. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis towards Yanbu and Taif on Saturday. The coalition made no immediate comment on the assertion about Saudi officers overseeing mobilisation in Aden.

Airspace warning preceded the strikes

Earlier this month, the Houthis warned airlines against using Saudi airspace, exempting only the airspace over Mecca and Medina, as they intensified attacks on the kingdom. The renewed fighting has shattered a 2022 UN-brokered truce that largely halted cross-border attacks between the coalition, which backs Yemen's internationally recognised government, and the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa. Saudi authorities gave no immediate confirmation of the claimed attacks, and the coalition said only that it destroyed the two missiles fired towards Yanbu and Taif.