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| Saudis shoot down seven missiles fired on cities by Yemen's Houthi rebels | Saudis shoot down seven missiles fired on cities by Yemen's Houthi rebels |
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| Saudi air defences have shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia as the kingdom’s three-year military campaign against the rebel group threatened to escalate. | Saudi air defences have shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia as the kingdom’s three-year military campaign against the rebel group threatened to escalate. |
| Saudi forces destroyed three missiles over north-eastern Riyadh shortly before midnight on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was the first death in the capital during the conflict. | Saudi forces destroyed three missiles over north-eastern Riyadh shortly before midnight on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was the first death in the capital during the conflict. |
| Other missiles were fired at the southern cities of Najran, Jizan and Khamis Mushait, the coalition said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. | Other missiles were fired at the southern cities of Najran, Jizan and Khamis Mushait, the coalition said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. |
| Debris from the missiles fell on a home in Riyadh, killing an Egyptian resident and wounding two other Egyptians, said coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki, according to SPA. | Debris from the missiles fell on a home in Riyadh, killing an Egyptian resident and wounding two other Egyptians, said coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki, according to SPA. |
| Reuters reporters in Riyadh heard several booms and saw smoke in the air. Another witness said he saw a long stream of light followed by additional explosions. | Reuters reporters in Riyadh heard several booms and saw smoke in the air. Another witness said he saw a long stream of light followed by additional explosions. |
| In al-Malqa neighbourhood, emergency personnel gathered near a crater in the ground and inspected shattered glass in nearby homes. | In al-Malqa neighbourhood, emergency personnel gathered near a crater in the ground and inspected shattered glass in nearby homes. |
| WATCH #Saudi Patriot missiles intercepting missiles fired by #Iran-backed #Houthi militia from #Yemen toward Riyadh on Sunday night. Seven Houthi missiles were shot down.https://t.co/MGskjzyao9 pic.twitter.com/wBKOmHMSfY | |
| The attack marked the third time in five months that missiles have flown over Riyadh, as the Houthis step up efforts to demonstrate they can reach the Saudi capital, and threatened to escalate a regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia. | The attack marked the third time in five months that missiles have flown over Riyadh, as the Houthis step up efforts to demonstrate they can reach the Saudi capital, and threatened to escalate a regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia. |
| The Houthi-run SABA news agency reported the group’s missile force had targeted King Khalid international airport in Riyadh with a Burkan H2 missile. | The Houthi-run SABA news agency reported the group’s missile force had targeted King Khalid international airport in Riyadh with a Burkan H2 missile. |
| The group also fired other types of missiles at airports in Jizan, Najran and Abha, another southern Saudi city, according to the SABA report. | The group also fired other types of missiles at airports in Jizan, Najran and Abha, another southern Saudi city, according to the SABA report. |
| The Saudi-led coalition of Gulf Arab states launched military operations against the Houthis in Yemen in March 2015, after the Iran-aligned Shia militia seized the Yemeni capital Sanaa and forced the president, Abd Rabbu Mansour al-Hadi, to flee. | The Saudi-led coalition of Gulf Arab states launched military operations against the Houthis in Yemen in March 2015, after the Iran-aligned Shia militia seized the Yemeni capital Sanaa and forced the president, Abd Rabbu Mansour al-Hadi, to flee. |
| Riyadh saw the ouster as a regional power grab by arch-foe Iran, although the Houthis deny any help from Tehran. | Riyadh saw the ouster as a regional power grab by arch-foe Iran, although the Houthis deny any help from Tehran. |
| The United States, which provides support to the coalition, has also displayed what it said were Iranian-made weapons supplied to the Houthis, calling them conclusive evidence that Tehran was violating UN resolutions. | The United States, which provides support to the coalition, has also displayed what it said were Iranian-made weapons supplied to the Houthis, calling them conclusive evidence that Tehran was violating UN resolutions. |
| The conflict in Yemen has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced more than two million, unleashing a humanitarian crisis in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country. Nearly one million people have been infected with cholera, the worst outbreak in history. | The conflict in Yemen has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced more than two million, unleashing a humanitarian crisis in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country. Nearly one million people have been infected with cholera, the worst outbreak in history. |
| Coalition forces have made modest territorial gains over the course of the war but appear far from seizing back the capital. | Coalition forces have made modest territorial gains over the course of the war but appear far from seizing back the capital. |
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