Saudi-led coalition says intercepted ballistic missile launched towards Najran
This file photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website via SEPAH News on July 28, 2020, shows ballistic missiles being launched from underground by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the last day of military exercises near sensitive Gulf waters. (AFP PHOTO / IRGC via SEPAH NEWS)
by REUTERS
Aug 27, 2020 11:49 pm


The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi militia in Yemen said on Thursday it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched towards the city of Najran.

The statement, carried by the Saudi state news agency SPA, added the missile was launched in a way to target civilians.

Yemen has been locked in conflict since 2014 when the Iran-aligned Houthis seized Sanaa, the capital, and then much of the country‘s north.

Fighting escalated in March 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition intervened to restore the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.