Saudi forces have previously brought them down with Patriot surface-to-air missiles bought from the US. The Houthis fired a missile towards Riyadh in May, a day before US President Donald Trump ...

Another Burkan H2 came close to hitting Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on 4 November. Saudi officials said US-supplied Patriot batteries had also intercepted the missile in flight.

at Saudi Arabia" Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the missile launch from Yemen They were said to be aiming the missile at ... referring to the Patriot missile batteries ...

armed with US-made Patriot missile defense systems, failed to repel the recent drone attack on the kingdom’s oil facilities. Read also Iran calls US’ attempts to blame it for attacks on Saudi ...