Yemeni Forces Attack Deep in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi-led coalition attacking Yemen for five years said it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis towards Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Tuesday.
A Reuters witness in Riyadh heard two loud blasts and saw billows of smoke in the sky over the city close to dawn.
Violence between the two sides has surged after the expiry last month of a six-week ceasefire prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, with the Houthis launching missiles and drones towards Saudi cities and the coalition responding with air strikes.
Al Masirah said the Yemeni army’s military spokesman would make an announcement in the next few hours.
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki claimed its forces had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi missile launched at Riyadh in a "deliberate hostile action designed to target civilians".
In a statement on Saudi state news agency SPA, he said the coalition had intercepted Tuesday three missiles fired towards the southern border cities of Najran and Jizan, as well as several armed drones launched towards the kingdom late Monday.
