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Yemen´s Houthis fire ballistic missile toward Saudi Arabia

By Reuters
January 21, 2018

DUBAI: Yemen´s Houthi movement fired a ballistic missile toward the southern Saudi province of Najran on Saturday, the group´s official al-Masirah TV reported, and a Saudi military spokesman said air defense forces had intercepted the missile.

The TV channel said the short-range missile targeted a military base.

There were no reports of casualties or damage.

The Houthis have launched scores of missiles at the kingdom.

A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in the conflict in March 2015 after the movement drove Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi into exile.

The conflict has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced over two million and unleashed a wave of hunger and disease.