Saudi Air Defenses Shoot Down Houthi Ballistic Missile North Of Riyadh
Maj. Gen. Turki Al Maliki, the coalition's spokesperson, was quoted in Arab News as saying that the launch platform was being tracked by the coalition's intelligence system in the skies above Yemen's capital Sanaa, and would be destroyed.
The Iran-backed group is engaged in a battle with Coalition forces to gain control of the strategic Bab Al Mandab strait, and have threatened to attack Saudi shipping through the Red Sea route.
Yemen's government said early Wednesday that the militia group targeted Aden's international airport with two ballistic missiles.
Separately, three people were hurt Monday night after airports in Najran and Jazan were targeted by the group, according to the Riyadh-based news agency.
An earlier missile targeting Khamis Mushait was also stopped by Saudi forces, it said.
On Tuesday, the coalition destroyed a depot containing 20 ballistic missiles inside a mountain in Saada, as intense military activities continued against the Houthis in a counteroffensive operation dubbed“Dawn of Yemen”, Arab News reported.
Government forces also siezed the vital Bab Al Mandab strait as well as the coastal city of Mokha in a blow to the rebels aims of controlling the vital international waterway.
The Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in 2014 and have had control of large parts of Yemen ever since.
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