RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Protection introduced Thursday {that a} drone had fallen on the SAMREF refinery in Yanbu, with injury evaluation at the moment underway, based on the Saudi Press Company (SPA).
In a separate assertion, the ministry’s official spokesperson Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Malki confirmed that air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched towards Yanbu Port on the Crimson Beach.
Al-Malki additionally mentioned that two drones had been intercepted and destroyed within the Jap Province, adopted by the interception of six extra drones throughout Riyadh and the Jap areas in a while Thursday.
Earlier, the Ministry of Protection had introduced the interception and destruction of greater than 12 drones over the Jap Province, with some intercepted close to the capital, Riyadh.
The SAMREF refinery is positioned in Yanbu alongside the Crimson Beach.
The developments come as regional tensions proceed to escalate, with experiences of renewed Iranian assaults focusing on a serious gasoline subject in Qatar earlier Thursday, inflicting important injury, whereas Gulf nations reported ongoing missile and drone assaults.
