Saudi Air Force targets launch site of ballistic missile

ADEN - Yemen - 24 September 2017: The Saudi Royal Air Force (RAF) on Saturday destroyed a ballistic missile launched from the Yemeni territory toward the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait with no casualties, the country's official news agency quoted spokesman for the Coalition for the Restoration of the Legitimacy of Yemen Colonel Turki al-Malki as saying.

The coalition forces then targeted the launch site, he added.

Maliki said that the control of ballistic weapons by terrorist organizations, including the Houthi armed militia, represents a threat to regional and international security.

The coalition asserts that the continuation of armed militias in targeting cities with ballistic missiles is the biggest evidence of the continued smuggling of weapons into Yemen, especially from the port of Hodeidah, which is under the control of the coupists.