Saudi Arabia intercepts seven ballistic missiles near oil industrial facility

Doha (ANTARA) - Saudi Arabia’s air defence forces successfully intercepted seven ballistic missiles near an oil industrial facility in the kingdom’s Eastern Province on Monday night, the Ministry of Defence stated on Tuesday, as reported by Sputnik.

“Seven ballistic missiles fired towards the Eastern Province were intercepted and destroyed,” the Saudi Ministry of Defence said in a post on the X platform.

It added that fragments of the ballistic missiles fell near energy facilities. “The scale of the damage is still being assessed,” it said.

The ministry further noted that in the past few hours, their air defence systems had also repelled 18 drones over the kingdom.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency reported that Saudi Arabia had temporarily halted vehicle activity on the King Fahd Causeway connecting the kingdom to Bahrain as a precautionary measure.

The King Fahd Causeway Authority stated in a release that the suspension was “precautionary” following alerts issued in the past few hours by the National Early Warning Platform in the Eastern Province, where the causeway is located.

The platform is an electronic system used to issue warnings to residents during security or weather emergencies.

As of 05:30 GMT (12:30 WIB), Saudi authorities had not issued an update on when traffic would resume.