Pakistan expresses concerns over second ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia

The attack was allegedly carried out by rebels from Yemen late Thursday night

Pakistan expressed on Friday grave concern on reports of a second ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia.

"Pakistan strongly condemns the attack and commends the timely action by Saudi forces to destroy the missile preventing any loss of lives," read a statement from the Foreign Office. "The country reiterates its full support and solidarity with the government and brotherly people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

The attack was allegedly carried out by rebels from the war-stricken Yemen late Thursday night.

Pakistan demanded the anti-government forces in Yemen to desist from attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).



On November 4, Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a “ballistic missile” near the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh after it was launched from Yemen.

The KSA’s southern neighbour Yemen has been torn apart by a war between the Saudi-backed government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and Houthi rebels backed by Iran.

A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 to prop up Hadi’s government after the rebels seized the capital Sanaa, who continue to hold much of the country.

United Nations-backed talks have failed to broker a political settlement to end the fighting, which has left thousands of people dead and injured since the coalition intervened.