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Yemeni rebels fire at S Arabian base again
RIYADH: Yemeni rebels fired a missile at a key Saudi air base used by the Arab coalition in its bombing campaign but it was intercepted, the coalition said on Wednesday.
RIYADH: Yemeni rebels fired a missile at a key Saudi air base used by the Arab coalition in its bombing campaign but it was intercepted, the coalition said on Wednesday.
It was the second such missile launch since a coalition air strike killed more than 140 people attending a wake for the father of a rebel leader in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday prompting threats of revenge.
Air defence forces “intercepted a ballistic missile, launched by the Houthi militias toward the city of Khamis Mushait and destroyed it,” a coalition statement said.
Khamis Mushait is home to an air base which has been at the forefront of the coalition bombing campaign against Houthi Shia rebels and their allies.
Saudi warplanes targeted the launch site after the missile firing, the coalition said. The attempted rebel strike marks at least the fifth time they have tried to hit Khamis Mushait since the coalition began its bombing campaign last year.
