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Riyadh residents receive phone alerts for first time warning of hostile threat

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above Riyadh, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above Riyadh, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo — Stringer

March 18 (Reuters) - Several loud bangs were heard in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday and some of the city's residents received phone alerts for the first time warning them of a hostile aerial threat, a Reuters witness in the city said.

(Reporting by Timour Azhari. Editing by Jane Merriman)

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