The Arab Coalition Forces for Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen Spokesman, Col. Turki Al-Malki, stated that at 7:56 A.M., the Air Defense Forces of the Arab coalition spotted the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemeni territory towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Col. Al-Maliki noted that the missile was deliberately launched toward Najran, targeting the civilian population and surrounding areas, but it was intercepted and destroyed by the Patriot Brigades over Najran.

The Arab Coalition Forces for Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen Spokesman, Col. Turki Al-Malki, stated that at 7:56 A.M., the Air Defense Forces of the Arab coalition spotted the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemeni territory towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Col. Al-Maliki noted that the missile was deliberately launched toward Najran, targeting the civilian population and surrounding areas, but it was intercepted and destroyed by the Patriot Brigades over Najran.

The scattered fragments of the missile caused minor damage to the private property of a citizen but did not result in loss of life.

Al-Maliki added that this hostile action by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias is further proof of the continued involvement of the Iranian regime in supporting the armed Houthi militias, by providing them with tangible and quality arms’ capabilities, which is in clear and explicit defiance of the UN Res. 2216 and resolution 2231. These actions are aimed at threatening the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and threatening regional, as well as, international security, given that firing ballistic missiles at densely populated cities and villages is contrary to international humanitarian law.

Col. Al-Maliki renewed the call for the international community to take serious and effective steps to stopping the blatant Iranian violations of international law through the continued smuggling and transfer of ballistic missiles and weapons to terrorist groups and outlaws, and to hold it accountable for its blatant defiance of international norms and values, and the threat it poses to regional and international security.

The scattered fragments of the missile caused minor damage to the private property of a citizen but did not result in loss of life.

Al-Maliki added that this hostile action by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias is further proof of the continued involvement of the Iranian regime in supporting the armed Houthi militias, by providing them with tangible and quality arms’ capabilities, which is in clear and explicit defiance of the UN Res. 2216 and resolution 2231. These actions are aimed at threatening the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and threatening regional, as well as, international security, given that firing ballistic missiles at densely populated cities and villages is contrary to international humanitarian law.

Col. Al-Maliki renewed the call for the international community to take serious and effective steps to stopping the blatant Iranian violations of international law through the continued smuggling and transfer of ballistic missiles and weapons to terrorist groups and outlaws, and to hold it accountable for its blatant defiance of international norms and values, and the threat it poses to regional and international security.