The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis says its air defences have destroyed three ballistic missiles launched by the Iran-aligned armed group towards the kingdom.

Coalition spokesperson Major-General Turki al-Maliki said in a post on X on Sunday that two of the missiles were aimed at the capital, Riyadh. A third ballistic missile targeting the Eastern Province was also intercepted and destroyed.

The coalition later announced it had additionally intercepted and destroyed two cruise missiles over Riyadh and the southern region.

The Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, claimed the coalition had carried out 105 air strikes and missile attacks over a 24-hour period targeting Sanaa and seven other governorates, bringing the total number of strikes since the current escalation began to 4,369.

Saree also claimed the Houthis carried out six operations targeting Aramco oil facilities, Riyadh airport and Saudi military positions on both sides of the border.

The Houthi-run Health Ministry spokesperson, Anees al-Asbahi, said on Saturday that 33 people were killed in Saudi-led coalition air strikes on the village of al-Shariyah, near Sanaa. The dead included eight women and 13 children.

Al-Asbahi said at least 39 others were wounded in the attacks, which he said targeted homes, roads, paramedics and civil defence teams in the village, located in the Bani Hushaish district east of Sanaa. There was no immediate comment from the Saudi-led coalition on the reported strikes.

Media outlets affiliated with the Houthis also reported on Sunday that areas of the Shada border district in Saada province had been subjected to artillery shelling.

On Friday, an attack on a market in Taiz province killed 30 people. The Houthis blamed the strike on Saudi air strikes, while Yemeni government forces accused the Iran-aligned group of firing a ballistic missile at the site.

The attacks come as fighting intensifies across Yemen between the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, and government forces, who launched the Dawn of Yemen operation last month aimed at retaking Houthi-held territory, including the capital, Sanaa.

In September, the Houthis seized much of Yemen's Red Sea coast in a rapid offensive. Government forces launched a campaign to reclaim Houthi-held territory the following month.

According to the United Nations, more than 1,600 people have been killed and almost 300,000 displaced since a 2022 ceasefire collapsed in July, after the Houthis announced a blockade of Saudi ports.