Saudi Arabia announced the interception of a cruise missile in the country; Houthis deny The Saudi-led military coalition announced on Thursday (October 15) the interception and destruction of a cruise missile in the Medina area, but Yemen's Houthis denied any attack on that area. Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition, announced on the X social network that a cruise missile had been intercepted and destroyed in the Medina region. Medina, the burial place of the Prophet of Islam and Masjid al-Nabi, is one of the holiest cities for Muslims, near Mecca. Yahya Sari, the military spokesman for the Houthis, responded to the Saudi coalition's announcement and said that no operation was carried out by this group's forces against Saudi territory on Thursday. In a message on Channel X, he wrote: "The armed forces of Yemen confirm that they did not carry out any action today against the territory of Saudi Arabia."