{"id":158608,"date":"2026-10-22T20:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/?p=158608"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:02:37","slug":"saudi-arabia-announces-interception-of-5-drones-in-the-eastern-province-and-madinah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/saudi-arabia-announces-interception-of-5-drones-in-the-eastern-province-and-madinah\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Announces Interception of 5 Drones in the Eastern Province and Madinah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that it had intercepted and destroyed five drones launched toward the Kingdom, including drones in the Madinah region.<\/p>\n<p>Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi Ministry of Defense, said in a post on the social media platform X that four drones had been intercepted and destroyed. In a separate post, he explained that the interception operations had covered the Eastern Province and Madinah.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Al-Maliki announced the interception of a fifth drone in the Eastern Province, without identifying the party responsible for launching the drones.<\/p>\n<p>Iran-backed Houthi rebels have escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia this month, including a strike targeting Riyadh Airport. The attack killed 13 people and injured hundreds more on October 10, making it the deadliest attack on Saudi territory in more than 10 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>United News Network \u2013 UNN Arabic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An independent media platform that provides reliable news and objective analysis, and seeks to promote peace and cultural dialogue around the world, convey the truth, and build bridges of understanding among peoples.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more news, visit our homepage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/un-news.org\" data-rich-text-autolink=\"\">https:\/\/un-news.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> Counselor Faisal Al-Mutairi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> October 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated:<\/strong> October 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that it had intercepted and destroyed five drones launched toward the Kingdom, including drones in the Madinah region. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi Ministry of Defense, said in a post on the social media platform X that four drones had been intercepted and destroyed. In a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[74],"class_list":{"0":"post-158608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158610,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158608\/revisions\/158610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158608"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=158608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}