{"id":"74f1f45e-cc81-4a92-8209-e45fe78315f2","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/09/19/nx-s1-5974980/saudi-arabia-houthis-attempted-attack-capital","domain":"npr.org","outlet":{"name":"NPR","country":"US","cred":5,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Saudi Arabia says Houthis tried to attack its capital","plainHeadline":"Saudi Arabia says Yemen's Houthis attempted to attack Riyadh with a ballistic missile.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":[],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity","Energy"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:57:23.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-20T04:09:11.013Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/c94a4116-95b1-47ad-9085-679e8d275075","storyId":"c94a4116-95b1-47ad-9085-679e8d275075","image":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6720x4480+0+0/resize/6720x4480!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8a%2Fdb%2F8f851f56428ca4e4169af0b6f600%2Fap26261536659837.jpg","author":"The Associated Press","dek":"Saudi Arabia on Saturday said that Yemen's Houthi rebels tried to attack Riyadh with a ballistic missile, the first time the Saudi capital has been targeted since the escalation in fighting with the Iran-backed rebels opened a new front in the Iran war."}