Yemeni forces launch missile attack on Saudi capital

Tehran (KNA) - Yemeni troops have targeted the Saudi capital Riyadh with a ballistic missile attack while the kingdom claims to have intercepted the missiles.

Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah television network on Sunday announced that the missiles had hit Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defense Information Center and several other key locations in the city.The Saudi military claims to have intercepted the missiles.

"Two ballistic missiles fired by Huthi were intercepted over Riyadh," state-run al-Ekhbariya television said, without specifying whether there were any casualties or damage.

The Houthis have fired salvos of missiles at Saudi Arabia in recent months, including the capital Riyadh, while the kingdom launched thousands of airstrikes on Yemen, killing hundreds of civilians at hospitals, schools and markets.

Source: PressTV

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