# Saudi civil defence issues all-clear after alerts in southern cities

https://mins.news/en/item/125066

- Reuters, 2026-11-02 07:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-civil-defence-sounds-all-clear-after-alerts-southern-cities-2026-11-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae83f85401f6f00010d12b8

> Saudi Arabia’s civil defence authority said on Monday that the threat had passed, shortly after alerts were issued for the southern and western cities of Khamis Mushait, Abha, Taif and Najran, amid weeks of escalating hostilities with Yemen’s Houthis.

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