Saudi aid defenses intercepted on Thursday a ballistic missile fired by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen.
The missile was intercepted over Khamis Mushait in the Kingdom's south, but no casualties were reported, Arab coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency.
The Houthi militias’ hostile act proves once again Iran’s ongoing involvement in supporting the group with military capabilities in clear defiance of UN Security Council resolutions 2216 and 2231, he added.
He accused the group of seeking to destabilize Saudi Arabia and threaten regional and international security, stating that firing ballistic missiles at residential areas was a violation of International Humanitarian Law.
On Sunday, Saudi air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile over the southern city of Jizan, but no casualties were reported, state media said.
A day earlier, three civilians were killed in Jizan when Houthi militias fired a missile at the province, according to the coalition.
