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Saudi Arabia issues first air raid alerts for Riyadh as Houthis escalate attacks

Riyadh and surrounding cities received air raid alerts early Saturday, the first for the capital since Yemen's Houthis intensified strikes on the kingdom. Explosions were reported across the capital after the alerts, though Saudi civil defense later issued an all-clear with no casualties reported.

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