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Saudi intercepts ballistic missile launched by Yemen

Ersin Çelik
12:18 - 5/01/2018 Friday
Update: 12:41 - 5/01/2018 Friday
Saudi Arabia's national flag
Saudi Arabia's national flag

On Friday a short-range ballistic missile was launched from Yemen's border at Saudi Arabia’s military encampment in the Najran Region, hours after the Houthi's claimed that they had launched an attack.

The kingdom intercepted the missile, according to a statement published on Saudi's Al-Masirah TV.

Saudi Arabia and its allies, who receive logistical and intelligence help from the United States, accuse the Houthis of being a proxy of Iran.

The coalition has launched thousands of air strikes against the Houthis who still control much of Yemen’s main population centers including the capital Sanaa and the strategic port and city of Hodeidah.

The conflict has led to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and killed at least 10,000 people.

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