Houthi projectile injures six in Najran residential area

Six Saudi citizens were injured and three homes and three vehicles damaged when a Houthi projectile fell in a residential area of Najran on Sunday, Saudi Civil Defense said.

Why it matters: The strike hit civilians in the border city on the same day a Saudi helicopter crashed in the same region, as the renewed Houthi missile and drone campaign keeps pressing Saudi Arabia's southern border.

Data as of Sunday, October 18, 2026, 12:52 ET. Developing item. The injuries, the damage and the attribution to a Houthi projectile are the statement of Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense, reported by Arab News on October 18, 2026, read in full; TASS, in Russian, reported the same injury count the same day. The attribution is the Saudi authorities' account, from a party to the conflict, and has not been independently verified.

Six Saudi citizens were injured and three homes and three vehicles were damaged after a Houthi projectile fell in a residential area in Najran on Sunday, a Civil Defense spokesman said. The spokesman said attempts to target civilian objects constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and that the established procedures for such incidents had been implemented. The agency had issued alerts of a potential danger in the city earlier on Sunday afternoon before saying the danger had passed.

Najran sits close to the border with Yemen. The projectile landed on the same day a Saudi National Guard helicopter crashed in the region, killing its two-officer crew, in the middle of a renewed Houthi missile and drone campaign against the kingdom.

Houthi projectile injures six in Najran residential area

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