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Riyadh - The missile was the latest aimed at the Kingdom since the coalition began air raids to support Yemen's government in March last year.
Published: Mon 12 Sep 2016, 12:37 PM
Updated: Mon 12 Sep 2016, 2:44 PM
The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen said Monday it shot down a missile fired by the insurgents towards an airbase in southern Saudi Arabia.
The missile was the latest aimed at the Kingdom since the coalition began air raids to support Yemen's government in March last year.
Khamis Mushait air base, in Saudi Arabia's southwest, has been at the forefront of the coalition bombing campaign against Houthi rebels and their allies.
Coalition spokesman General Ahmed Assiri said: "All our operations in the area were targeting Houthi positions and members."
Fighting in Yemen has intensified since the collapse of UN-backed peace talks in Kuwait on August 6.
Rebels have also fired harder-to-detect Katyusha rockets, particularly into the Saudi border city of Najran.
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