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Saudi-led coalition reports new drone interceptions as Houthi conflict escalates

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 40 80 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 13 Oct 00:19 UTC · Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting Houthi missiles aimed at Riyadh and Khamis Mushait 13 Oct 06:55 UTC · Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting Houthi missiles amid attacks on Riyadh airport 14 Oct 00:19 UTC · Saudi Arabia reports renewed Houthi missile and drone attacks 14 Oct 06:15 UTC · Four injured as Houthi missiles target Saudi Arabia 15 Oct 06:18 UTC · Four injured as Saudi Arabia intercepts wave of Houthi missiles 15 Oct 12:17 UTC · Saudi-led coalition says cruise missile intercepted over Medina region; Houthis deny attack 16 Oct 22:30 UTC · Saudi-led coalition reports fresh missile and drone interceptions amid Houthi escalation 18 Oct 00:17 UTC · Saudi-led coalition reports wave of missile and drone interceptions 24 Oct 06:16 UTC · Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting missiles and drones amid escalating Houthi conflict 24 Oct 12:15 UTC · Saudi-led coalition says missiles targeting Yanbu and Taif intercepted 25 Oct 00:12 UTC · Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missiles aimed at Yanbu and Taif 25 Oct 06:11 UTC · Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting missiles and drones 25 Oct 12:11 UTC · Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting Houthi missiles and drones 26 Oct 06:11 UTC · Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles and drones amid escalating Houthi conflict 26 Oct 12:13 UTC · Saudi coalition reports new interceptions as fighting with Yemen’s Houthis escalates 26 Oct 18:17 UTC · Saudi coalition reports new interceptions as fighting with Yemen’s Houthis escalates 27 Oct 06:14 UTC · Saudi-led coalition reports new drone interceptions as Houthi conflict escalates

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 16 HEADLINES

  1. 13 Oct, 00:19 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting Houthi missiles aimed at Riyadh and Khamis Mushait

  2. 13 Oct, 06:55 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting Houthi missiles amid attacks on Riyadh airport

  3. 14 Oct, 00:19 UTC

    Saudi Arabia reports renewed Houthi missile and drone attacks

  4. 14 Oct, 06:15 UTC

    Four injured as Houthi missiles target Saudi Arabia

  5. 15 Oct, 06:18 UTC

    Four injured as Saudi Arabia intercepts wave of Houthi missiles

  6. 15 Oct, 12:17 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition says cruise missile intercepted over Medina region; Houthis deny attack

  7. 16 Oct, 22:30 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition reports fresh missile and drone interceptions amid Houthi escalation

  8. 18 Oct, 00:17 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition reports wave of missile and drone interceptions

  9. 24 Oct, 06:16 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting missiles and drones amid escalating Houthi conflict

  10. 24 Oct, 12:15 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition says missiles targeting Yanbu and Taif intercepted

  11. 25 Oct, 00:12 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missiles aimed at Yanbu and Taif

  12. 25 Oct, 06:11 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting missiles and drones

  13. 25 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting Houthi missiles and drones

  14. 26 Oct, 06:11 UTC

    Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles and drones amid escalating Houthi conflict

  15. 26 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    Saudi coalition reports new interceptions as fighting with Yemen’s Houthis escalates

  16. 27 Oct, 06:14 UTC

    Saudi-led coalition reports new drone interceptions as Houthi conflict escalates

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Saudi Arabia · 7 outlets
  • Yahya Saree · 4 outlets
  • Red Sea · 4 outlets
  • Khamis Mushait · 3 outlets
  • 13 people wounded · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 13 people killed · from 16 Oct 15:49, 3 outlets
  • 10 ballistic missiles · from 25 Oct 00:48, 3 outlets
  • Eastern Province · from 15 Oct 01:13, 2 outlets
  • 10 minutes later · from 24 Oct 00:53, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • ballistic missiles: 20 (1 from 6 Oct 02:04) → 10 (3 from 25 Oct 00:48) → 3 (1 from 27 Oct 10:15)
  • people killed: 12 (1 from 15 Oct 08:00) → 13 (3 from 16 Oct 15:49)
  • people wounded: 12 (1 from 11 Oct 14:25) → 13 (2 from 12 Oct 23:54)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.