The official spokesperson for the Saudi Ministry of Defense, Turki Al-Maliki, announced on Saturday that four drones were intercepted and destroyed in the Empty Quarter while heading toward the Shaybah oil field.
Al-Maliki also stated that two ballistic missiles launched toward Prince Sultan Air Base were intercepted and destroyed, in addition to a drone intercepted and destroyed east of the city of Riyadh.
Earlier at dawn on Saturday, Saudi air defenses had intercepted and destroyed two drones in the Empty Quarter heading toward the Shaybah oil field, as well as another drone east of Riyadh.
Israel and the United States have been carrying out airstrikes on Iran since Saturday, February 28, which resulted in the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Since then, Tehran has been responding by launching missiles and drones targeting Israel and countries across the region.
Iran has also imposed a naval blockade on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, targeting oil tankers attempting to pass through the strategic waterway.
On Sunday, March 1, Hezbollah launched several rockets from Lebanon toward northern Israel in response to the assassination of Khamenei, drawing Lebanon into an open conflict with Israel, which subsequently carried out devastating airstrikes on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
