The coalition announces the interception and destruction of a Houthi ballistic targeting Saudi Arabia

English - Sunday 16 August 2020 الساعة 07:38 pm
Aden, Newsyemen:

The Arab coalition announced that it thwarted a new Houthi ballistic missile attack that targeted Saudi Arabia today.

The spokesman for the coalition forces, Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, said that the coalition forces were able this evening to intercept and destroy a ballistic missile fired by the Houthi militia towards civilian objects and civilians in the southern region of Saudi Arabia.

On Saturday, the coalition announced the failure of a Houthi attack targeting Saudi territory after the coalition forces intercepted a number of booby-trapped drones that the militia launched from the capital, Sanaa, where they were intercepted and destroyed inside Yemen.

On Thursday, the coalition forces intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia towards the city of Khamis Mushait.