RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi-led military coalition said Monday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthis, after the Iran-backed group claimed a new attack on the international airport in Riyadh.

 

The Houthis have carried out waves of strikes on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, including an attack this month that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade.

 

Coalition spokesman Turki Al Malki said on Monday that air defences "intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile" fired by the Houthis toward Riyadh, and destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in Yemen's capital Sanaa.

 

"We continue the process of dismantling the ballistic missile network of the terrorist Houthi militia," Al-Malki wrote on X.

 

On Sunday, the Houthis said they had launched an attack on the airport in Riyadh, after the kingdom announced that flights had resumed.

 

The airport closure forced the postponement of the kingdom's flagship investment conference until 2027 and disrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers.

 

The Dakar Rally also joined a growing list of events that were cancelled, postponed or relocated amid the fallout from the war.

 

As operations resumed at Riyadh airport, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

 

During the meeting, Mitsotakis "responded favourably to the kingdom's request to keep the Patriot system in Saudi Arabia, given the current challenging circumstances", his office said.

 

Greece has deployed a battery to operate the US-made Patriot air defence system in Yanbu, a major oil export hub on the Red Sea coast.

 

On Sunday, the Saudi-led military coalition said it intercepted at least 10 ballistic missiles.

 

The kingdom's civil defence agency later said two people were injured in the south by falling debris, also reporting damage to several buildings and vehicles.