Houthi drone attack on Makkah · 16 October 2026
Saudi Arabia: Interception of a cruise missile in Madinah and a drone in the Eastern Region
السعودية: اعتراض صاروخ كروز بالمدينة المنورة ومسيّرة بالمنطقة الشرقية (machine translation)
- Date
- 16 October 2026 · 5 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
- Place
- Makkah
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Reported by several sources
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Sources (2 reports in all)
- Saudi Arabia: Interception of a cruise missile in Madinah and a drone in the Eastern Regionالسعودية: اعتراض صاروخ كروز بالمدينة المنورة ومسيّرة بالمنطقة الشرقية (machine translation)
“Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The official spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen forces, Major General Turki al-Maliki, announced today, Friday, that the Air Defense forces succeeded in intercepting a drone launched toward the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia…”
- Saudi Arabia: Cruise missile intercepted over Medina, drone intercepted in the Eastern Province
“Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – The official spokesperson for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, announced on Friday that air defense forces successfully intercepted and destroyed a…”