Interception comes after Saudi civil defence agency warned of potential danger near the strategic port of Yanbu.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis has said it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Iran-aligned armed group towards the Medina region, home to one of Islam’s holiest cities.
The announcement on Thursday came just minutes after Saudi Arabia’s civil defence agency warned of potential danger in the area near the strategic port of Yanbu.
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“Air defence intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the Medina region,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a post on X.
The Houthis, an armed group also known as Ansar Allah (Arabic for…
