Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says destroyed Houthi drone launched towards Kingdom

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The Houthis have stepped up drone and missile attacks on cities in neighbouring Saudi Arabia in recent times.

Cairo - Yemen has been locked in conflict since 2014 when the Houthis seized Sanaa, the capital, and much of country's north.

By Reuters

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Published: Sun 30 Aug 2020, 1:23 AM

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said on Friday it intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned Houthis in the direction of Najran, the state news agency Spa reported.
Yemen has been locked in conflict since 2014 when the Houthis seized Sanaa, the capital, and then much of the country's north.
Fighting escalated in March 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition intervened to restore the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.


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