Riyadh - The Royal Saudi Air Defense today intercepted a ballistic missile which was launched by Iran-backed Houthi militias from Sa’dah governorate in Yemen. The official spokesman of the Saudi-led Alliance in support of Legitimacy in Yemen Colonel Turki Al-Malki said that the missile was intercepted as it was heading to target the city of Najran, in southern Saudi Arabia.
The fragments of the destroyed missile fell on residential areas and caused a fire at a citizen’s farm without leaving any casualties.
Col. Al-Malki said that the hostile act proves that the Iranian regime is still supplying the terrorist armed militias with qualitative capabilities, in flagrant breach of the UN Security Council resolutions 2216 and 2231, with the main objective of threatening the Saudi Arabian, regional and international security.
"Launching ballistic missiles at densely populated civilian areas is a direct breach of the principles of the international humanitarian law," he said.
The Royal Saudi Air Defense had earlier detected another ballistic missile as it was aimed at Saudi Arabia, before falling in an empty desert without causing any casualties.