{"id":21266,"date":"2026-07-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=21266"},"modified":"2026-07-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:00:00","slug":"iran-reports-first-night-without-new-us-strikes-as-houthis-attack-saudi-arabian-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=21266","title":{"rendered":"Iran reports first night without new US strikes as Houthis attack Saudi Arabian city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><!----><time class=\"time\" datetime=\"Sat Jul 25 2026 07:40:19 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)\">15 mins ago<\/time><!----><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title\"><!--(-->Saudi air defense systems intercept more ballistic missiles from Yemen after Houthi strikes<!--)--><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--(--><!--(--><!----><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Saudi Arabia intercepted more ballistic missiles coming from Yemen on Saturday, per a Reuters report citing Greek security sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The Saudi government issued several warnings for Yanbu, a coastal city further north of Jizan, where the Houthis attacked. Later, Saudi officials said Yanbu was no longer in danger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>There were no immediate reports of damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The Houthi strikes on Jizan come after the Iran-backed terrorist group hit two Saudi-flagged oil tankers on the Red Sea this week. The Houthis said they were enforcing a blockade on the country, further constricting oil exports at a time when another all-important chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, is facing similar war-time constraints.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Saudi Arabia has hit back at the Houthis with &#8220;a firm, resolute, and proportionate military response,&#8221; Saudi Major General Turki Al-Malki announced Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>&#8220;The targets focused solely on legitimate military targets that the terrorist Houthi militia uses to threaten commercial vessels in the Red Sea,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p><em>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--)--><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15 mins ago Saudi air defense systems intercept more ballistic missiles from Yemen after Houthi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}