Houthis Fire Ballistic Missile at King Khalid Int'l Airport in Riyadh - Reports
4
November, 2017
Saudi
air defense forces said on Friday they had intercepted a ballistic
missile that was fired from Yemen in the northeast of the Saudi
capital, according to media reports.
Al
Jazeera has reported that Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed
responsibility for the attack, saying they launched the Burkan 2-H
missile that covered a distance of 500 kilometers from the
Saudi-Yemeni border before being intercepted.
Prior
to that, reports of a blast at the King Khalid International Airport
in Riyadh emerged. Social media users have said that pieces of a
missile crashed onto the airport.
Remnants of the intercepted #ballisticmissile landed near King Khalid International Airport in #Riyadh, #SaudiArabia
A
Riyadh-based newspaper Al Riyadh has released a video on its Twitter
account allegedly showing the interception of a missile.
Photos,
allegedly pieces of the intercepted missile, have also emerged on the
web.
Houthis
are Shi'ite militants that have been involved in the Yemeni civil war
that started when the Saudi-led coalition launched its air campaign
in the country in 2015. They ha
Photos (via @NajranToday) reportedly showing pieces of a ballistic missile fired from #Yemen and intercepted over northern #Riyadh
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