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Saudi Arabia and Bahrain were subjected to attacks with ballistic missiles and drones, in the early hours of Sunday morning, launched from Yemen and Iran, while the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, was subjected to “Saudi bombing,” according to official statements.
Saudi Arabia announced the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by the Ansar Allah group (Houthis) from Yemen towards the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
The official spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition forces, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, said that the two missiles were successfully intercepted and destroyed.
He added on the X platform, “The air defense intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards Riyadh.”
He also announced the interception and destruction of two drones targeting the eastern region of the country, near the Gulf facing Iran, without specifying the source of launching the drones.
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The Saudi Civil Defense had issued an alert warning of a potential danger in Riyadh before announcing that the danger had passed.
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In Bahrain, state television announced the destruction of a drone launched from Iran targeting Bahraini territory on Sunday morning, without specifying the possible targets.
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The television said in its official bulletin: “Bahraini air defense systems intercepted and destroyed an Iranian march.”
The announcement of confronting the march came after the Bahraini Ministry of Interior issued a warning about a potential threat, calling on citizens and residents to remain calm and head to the nearest safe location.
In a brief statement published on its account on the X website, at dawn on Sunday, the Ministry said, “Alert of danger,” and called on citizens and residents to remain calm, go to the nearest safe place, and follow the news through official channels, in order to preserve public safety.
In a related context, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced, at dawn on Friday, “targeting and destroying” an early warning radar in Bahrain, in response to what it described as an American “air aggression” against a communications tower in the city of Sirik, according to what was reported by the official Iranian news agency.
The Revolutionary Guard said that its aerospace forces “targeted and destroyed” an early warning radar in Bahrain belonging to American forces.
In Yemen, the Houthis announced that the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, was subjected to a Saudi air strike on Saturday night.
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The Houthi-run Saba Agency said, “Two women and two children were injured as a result of the Saudi aggression,” on a residential neighborhood in the Shu’ab District in the capital, Sana’a.
In Lahj, the local authority condemned the Saudi aviation bombing of Naqeel Health Center - Karba in Al-Maqatara District, which resulted in the injury of two citizens, in a continuation of the series of systematic targeting of civilian and service facilities.
The local authority indicated in a statement, "The Saudi aircraft did not limit themselves to targeting the school and mosque of Al-Ma'in Bakira in the Zurayqa Al-Sham isolation in the Al-Maqtara District, but rather continued its aggression to target a school, a health unit, and a pharmacy in the same isolation."
The local authority called on international, humanitarian and human rights organizations to document these violations and prosecute their perpetrators.
Fire in 3 tankers that collided with mines in the Strait of Hormuz
Official media reported that the Iranian Navy said that three oil tankers caught fire on Saturday after colliding with naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
A tanker was hit by a sea mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz this morning, while two other tankers collided with mines later in the day.
The official Iranian News Agency (IRNA) quoted the Revolutionary Guard Navy as saying about the incident that occurred in the evening: “Two illegal tankers... were trying to sneak through a prohibited route in the Strait of Hormuz when they collided with naval mines, exploded, and caught fire.”
Reuters has not yet been able to verify the accuracy of the report.
Tehran refuses to resume nuclear inspections
On the nuclear level, the Iranian mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency rejected a report by the Agency’s Director General, Rafael Grossi, regarding the Iranian nuclear program, describing it as “one-sided.”
The mission confirmed, in a statement carried by Tasnim Agency on Saturday, that the usual nuclear inspection and safeguards procedures could not be resumed in light of what it described as “abnormal circumstances” resulting from the attacks that targeted Iranian nuclear facilities.
It considered that the attacks on facilities subject to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) guarantees created unprecedented conditions and led to the disruption of inspections and the withdrawal of inspectors, which requires addressing Iranian security concerns before returning to usual procedures.
The mission accused the agency's Board of Governors of relying on decisions it described as technically and legally flawed.
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