Tokyo (November 5, 2017): US President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for the ballistic missile fired over Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.
“A shot was just taken by Iran, in my opinion, at Saudi Arabia. And our system knocked it down,” the US President said, referring to the Patriot missile batteries Saudi Arabia has purchased from the US. “That’s how good we are. Nobody makes what we make and now we’re selling it all over the world”, he added.
It may be mentioned here that A Ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels was shot down in the limits of Saudi capital of Riyadh last night. Yemen’s air force targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry.
The missile was intercepted over northeast Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
It may also be mentioned here that Saudi military forces have intercepted missiles fired by Houthis several times since March 2015, when a Saudi-led coalition launched a war against the rebels and their allies after they captured northern Yemen and ousted the Saudi-backed president from power. The kingdom has also imposed an air and sea blockade on Yemen.
The war has killed more than 10,000 civilians and displaced three million others, pushing the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of famine.
Saudi Arabia accuses its rival, Iran, of training and helping arm the rebels. Iran denies it has provided material support, though it acknowledges its political support of the Houthis.
A news agency Al-Masirah said the missile was made in Yemen and was the third to be fired toward Riyadh this year. It reported the rebels saying the missile was fired in response to “Saudi-American aggression and crimes against the people of Yemen.”
Earlier this week, a suspected air strike by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 29 people, including children, in northern Yemen.
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