Saudi Arabia destroys ballistic missile fired from Yemen

Saudi Arabia destroys ballistic missile fired from Yemen

Saudi Arabia air defences have destroyed a ballistic missile over the city of Jazan near the Yemen border, it has emerged.

Yemen’s Houthis declared they had fired a missile at an airport in the city earlier on Al-Masariah TV, a Yemeni TV channel founded and owned by the Ansarullah movement.

Jazan is located in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabia’s air defence announced on Saturday it had intercepted another ballistic missile.

A spokesman for the Arab coalition, Colonel Turki Al Malki, declared the interception took place at 6.14pm Riyadh time (3.14pm GMT).

He added: “The Saudi Royal Air Defence Forces spotted another missile that landed in an uninhabited desert.