Video: Saudis intercept ballistic Yemeni missile, second in a month

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Video: Saudis intercept ballistic Yemeni missile, second in a month

The missile was heading towards the city of Khamis Mushait and was destroyed

By SPA/Reuters

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Published: Fri 1 Dec 2017, 6:02 AM

Last updated: Sat 2 Dec 2017, 9:33 PM

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen's armed Houthi group at Saudi Arabia was shot down on Thursday near the south-western city of Khamis Mushait.
The official spokesman of coalition forces "Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki Al-Malki, said that at 8.20 pm,  the Saudi Royal Air Force (RAF) spotted the launch of a ballistic missile from within Yemeni territory towards the Kingdom's territory.
He said that the missile was heading towards the city of Khamis Mushait and was intercepted and destroyed without any casualties.
Colonel Al-Maliki further said that the control of ballistic weapons by terrorist organizations, including Al-Houthi armed militias represents a threat to regional and international security and that firing them at populated cities is contrary to international humanitarian law.
The coalition asserted that the continuation of armed militias in targeting cities with ballistic missiles is the biggest evidence of the continued smuggling of weapons into Yemen by all ways and means contrary to resolution No. 2216.
 
 


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