Saudi Arabia Intercepts Another Houthi Missile

Saudi Arabia says that it has intercepted a second missile fired towards the country by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Royal Air Force spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki, who spoke to the Saudi Press Agency, said the missile was likely headed to the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, but Saudi forces intercepted and destroyed it before it could hit its target.

Earlier, Houthi rebels said the missile hit a military target inside Saudi Arabia, without specifying the location. According to a military source quoted in Yemen’s SABA news agency, the “successful test was a new start of locally made missile launches”.

It is the second time in a month that a missile has been launched from Yemen towards Saudi Arabia. On November 4, a ballistic missile was launched towards an area near Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, prompting Saudi to accuse Iran – who it blamed for the launch – of committing an “act of war”.

No casualties were reported in either incident.

According to the Saudi Press Agency, Maliki said the “control of these types of weapons by terrorist organisations, including Al-Houthi armed militias, represents a threat to regional and international security”. He also called the launch “contrary to international humanitarian law”.

Read full article on Aljazeera, December 1, 2017.