Yemen's Houthis say missile fired at Saudi Arabia's Najran region

Saudi Arabia's military said its air defences intercepted a missile fired towards the city of Najran


Reuters August 29, 2018
Yemen's Houthis. PHOTO: REUTERS

DUBAI: Yemen's Houthi group fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia's Najran region near the border between the two countries, the Houthi-controlled Masirah TV said in a tweet on Wednesday.

The Badr-1 missile targeted "a new military camp," it said, without indicating when the missile was launched. Saudi Arabia's military said on Tuesday its air defences intercepted a missile fired towards the city of Najran.

"There were no casualties as a result of the interception," said the spokesperson of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis,

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