Official spokesman of the Saudi Defense Ministry Turki al-Malki announced on Tuesday that the Kingdom's defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired at the Eastern Region.
They also destroyed two drones fired at the al-Kharj region, 80 kms southeast of Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia had on Monday expressed its “categorical condemnation of the reprehensible” Iranian attacks against the Kingdom, Gulf Cooperation Council and several Arab, Islamic and friendly countries.
A Foreign Ministry statement said the attacks “cannot be accepted or justified in any way.”
It stressed that the Kingdom reserves its “full right to take the necessary measures to protect its security, sovereignty and safety of its citizens and residents, and repel the aggression.”
On Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s remarks on Saturday that his country has no intention to harm neighboring countries, the statement said: “The Kingdom can confirm that the Iranians have not applied this on the ground, before or after the president’s speech.”
“The attacks have continued on baseless grounds,” it asserted.
