Riyadh (April 27, 2018): Saudi Arabia’s air defenses on Friday intercepted a missile fired by Houthi militia, days after their second-in-command was killed in an air raid by Riyadh and its allies.
The missile, the latest in a series of similar attacks, was heading towards Najran. Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, the official spokesman for the coalition supporting legitimacy in Yemen, stated that the missile was directed towards Najran in a deliberate attempt by Houthi militia to target residential areas, but that coalition air defense forces successfully intercepted it.
The missile’s fragments scattered over residential areas as a result, but no injuries or damages were reported.
Saudi Arabia launched a military coalition in 2015 to battle the Houthi rebels in its southern neighbor and restore the internationally-recognized Yemeni government to power.
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