Houthis claim strikes on Riyadh, Yanbu while Saudi coalition says attacks thwarted

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Air defences intercepted Houthi missiles before they reached Riyadh, the coalition said, in attacks Turkey warned should not draw Saudi Arabia into the US-Iran war. Saudi-led coalition forces say air defences intercepted a Houthi missile fired at Riyadh, hours after the group claimed the strikes. Riyadh came under missile and drone fire on Saturday, according to Yemen's Houthis, who claimed responsibility for strikes on what they called "sensitive" sites in the Saudi capital and on Aramco facili