RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted a missile fired from militia-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, where a Riyadh-led Coalition is fighting Al Houthi insurgents, state media said.
A coalition statement published by the state-run SPA news agency said the ballistic missile had been fired from the northern Yemeni province of Saada towards the southern Saudi city of Najran. No casualties were reported.
The Iran-backed Al Houthis have ramped up missile attacks against Saudi Arabia in recent months, which Riyadh usually says it intercepts.
Earlier this month a five-year-old child was wounded when the rebels fired a rocket at the southern Jizan province, Saudi authorities said at the time.
In 2014, Al Houthis overran the Yemeni capital and seized control of much of northern Yemen as well as a string of ports on the Red Sea.
An Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other allies intervened in the conflict between Yemen’s government and the militia in March 2015, aiming to push back the Al Houthis and restore the internationally recognised government to power.
Riyadh says Tehran is supplying Al Houthis with ballistic missiles.
