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RIYADH: Fragments of two ballistic missiles that were destroyed over Makkah fell in the village of Sabouha, the Saudi Civil Defense said early on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Earlier, two drones launched by the Houthi militia were intercepted and destroyed in the Makkah and southern regions, the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson for the coalition Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki said separately that three cruise missiles launched by the Houthi militia toward the Riyadh region had been destroyed.<\/p>\n
Later on in the evening, the coalition announced that air defenses intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles in Saudi Arabia’s western region.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time that the Iran-backed Houthi militia have targeted the Makkah region, home to the holiest site in Islam. <\/p>\n
Last month, the Kingdom condemned the group for launching a drone toward the holy city.<\/p>\n
In 2017, Saudi air defense forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched toward Makkah. The coalition said the missile was shot down over Al-Wasliya area in Taif province, some 69 kilometers away from Makkah. <\/p>\n
The Houthis have been firing missiles and drones at the Kingdom as part of the wider war in the region between the US and Israel on one side and Iran, a key funder of the Yemeni group, on the other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n