Media: from Yemen launched a ballistic missile in Saudi Arabia
Ballistic missile, according to Press TV channel, is running for the district of Jazan in the southwest of the country. About casualties or damage not reported.
MOSCOW, 10 Oct — RIA Novosti. Ballistic missile launched from the territory of Yemen via Saudi Arabia, according to Iranian television channel Press TV.
According to the channel, the rocket is launched for the district of Jazan in the southwest of the country. About casualties or damage not reported. The Saudi authorities have not yet commented on this information.
This is not the first attempt of bombardment of territory of Saudi Arabia.
So, at the end of July in the vicinity of Makkah was intercepted by a rocket fired from the territory of Yemen.
The Arab coalition blamed the attack on the Shiite rebels-Houthis, calling it a “desperate attempt to disrupt the Hajj.”
In may, the defense shot down the Huthis released a missile a few hundred kilometers from Riyadh.
In Yemen in 2014, the ongoing armed conflict in which one side involved Houthi rebels from the Shiite movement “Ansar Allah” and those loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the army, and on the other, government forces and militia loyal to President Abd rabbu Mansour Hadi. Air support and land authorities render Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia.