Houthi attack injures 11 civilians in Saudi: Riyadh-led coalition

Attack highlights growing risks to civilians amid Yemen–Saudi conflict

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Members of the Iran-backed Al Houthi militia in Yemen. The group has carried drone and missile strikes against civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
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An attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels late Thursday wounded 11 civilians in southern Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh-led coalition said, an unprecedented toll in the kingdom in over four years of hostilities.

They include seven Saudis, two Egyptians, a Yemeni, and a Pakistani, coalition spokesman General Turki al-Maliki said in a statement carried by the official Saudi news agency, adding that the attacks had taken place in the Najran region, on the border with Yemen.

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