The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen announced Tuesday (June 23rd) that it had intercepted and destroyed trapped drones and missiles fired by the Houthi rebels, including a ballistic missile targeting the capital Ryad.
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While Houthi rebels backed by Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia announced a "major attack on Saudi soil ", the details of which have yet to be known, the coalition announced that it had destroyed " eight drunken drones explosives "and" three ballistic missiles ". His spokesman, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, told the Saudi official SPA agency that a fourth destroyed missile had been fired " from Sanaa towards Ryad in a hostile and planned operation to target sites as well only civilians . "
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Attacks on its giant oil giant Aramco's facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia in September caused massive damage and momentarily halved Saudi Arabia's oil production. The Houthis had claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the United States had blamed Iran, which Tehran denied. The Yemen War has left tens of thousands of people dead, mostly civilians, and the UN says around 24 million Yemenis - more than two-thirds of the population - depend on one form or another. another humanitarian aid.
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