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Arab Coalition: Houthi Projectile Lands Near Desalination Plant in Shuqaiq

Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

The Arab Coalition said on Thursday a projectile launched by Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthi militias had landed on Wednesday night near a Saudi desalination plant in Shuqaiq, causing no casualties or damage.

In a statement carried by the Saudi state news agency SPA, the coalition spokesman, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, said security forces were working to determine what type of projectile had been used.

The attack constitutes a war crime for targeting civilian facilities, and shows that Iran is supplying the insurgents with new weapons, Maliki said.

He added that the Houthis continue to use Hodeidah Port to smuggle arms and destabilize the region and the world.

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