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Saudi Air Defense Shoot Down Houthi Ballistic Missile

Jeddah(July 28, 2017): Saudi air defense forces have intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi militias toward the holy city of Makkah. 

In a statement, the coalition command said the Houthi missile was shot down over Al-Wasliya area in Al-Taif province, some 69 kilometers away from the holy city.

No damage or injury were reported. The missile attack was “clearly a desperate attempt to disrupt the Haj season,” said the statement.

It said the alliance command confirmed that the non-stop trafficking of missiles into the Yemeni territories comes from the lack of control and monitoring system at Al-Hodeida port in western Yemen, “as well as the misuse of permits granted by the alliance to relief and goods shipments.”

 

The coalition “missile trafficking” is going on because of “the world community’s failure to take a decision to prevent such violations that prolong the war and endanger the lives of civilians.”

The Iran-backed Houthis have continued to disrupt operation at the key port despite an offensive by the coalition.

Houthi forces have also launched numerous attacks on various targets mostly along the Saudi border with Yemen, killing more than a hundred soldiers and civilians.

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