Saudi-led coalition intercepts drone over oil-rich Eastern Province

The ​Saudi-led coalition ​fighting in Yemen ‌said on ​Tuesday that it intercepted ‌and destroyed a drone over Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province in ‌a night of heightened missile and ‌drone activity targeting the kingdom.

The Eastern Region, which is the ⁠economic ​powerhouse ⁠of Saudi Arabia, has been subject to ⁠multiple attacks by Houthis in the ​past few weeks. It ⁠contains the majority of the kingdom's oil ⁠and ​gas reserves and is home to oil ⁠giant Saudi Aramco's headquarters, which suffered extensive ⁠damage ⁠in an attack earlier in October.