Saudi civil defense reports some damage after Houthi projectile hits Jazan

The Iran-aligned Houthi group regularly fires drones and missiles into Saudi Arabia. The coalition says it intercepts most of them. (SPA images)
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Updated 12 May 2021
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Saudi civil defense reports some damage after Houthi projectile hits Jazan

  • The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has increasingly launched ballistic missiles and drones rigged with explosives against Saudi Arabia

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense said on Twitter on Tuesday that a Houthi projectile had fallen in a border village in Jazan resulting in some damage to a house and cars. However, nobody was injured, the Saudi authorities said.

Col. Mohammed bin Yahiya Al-Ghamdi, a spokesman for the Civil Defense Directorate in the Jazan region, said the projectile crashed inside the yard of a home. On Monday, the Arab coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen said that it had intercepted an explosives-laden boat south of the Red Sea and destroyed an explosive drone that was fired at Abha’s airport.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has increasingly launched ballistic missiles and drones rigged with explosives against Saudi Arabia, targeting crucial oil infrastructure and civilian facilities.


Saudi Arabia reaffirms commitment to the two-state solution

Updated 27 February 2026
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Saudi Arabia reaffirms commitment to the two-state solution

  • Waleed Elkhereiji stressed the “importance of mobilizing political and economic support and advancing practical steps that translate commitments into concrete measures and accelerate the realization of the two-state solution”

RIYADH: In Riyadh on Friday, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji participated on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan in the extraordinary meeting of the Open-Ended Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Saudi Press Agency reported. 

Elkhereiji reaffirmed the Kingdom’s support for the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution and its efforts to unify international positions.

He stressed the “importance of mobilizing political and economic support and advancing practical steps that translate commitments into concrete measures and accelerate the realization of the two-state solution,” the SPA stated. 

He also restated Saudi Arabia’s commitment to continuing this path with partner countries to achieve “a just and comprehensive peace that fulfills the aspirations of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative.”