JEDDAH: The Arab coalition has destroyed three drones launched by Houthi militants in Yemen towards 黑料社区 on Tuesday, the聽Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Col. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman of the coalition, said one of the drones, launched from Sanaa,聽targeted the south-western city of Khamis Mushayt when it was intercepted.
The coalition did not specify聽where the last聽two drones were headed, but said that one of them was also launched from Sanaa. Both were shot down over Yemen.
The coalition later said the Houthis also fired a ballistic missile from Amran province聽on Tuesday evening that landed in Yemen's Saada province.
Col. Al-Maliki said the聽group 鈥渦sed civilian objects for the launch site鈥 in Harf Sufyan district.
He said the Houthis 鈥渃ontinue to violate international humanitarian law by firing ballistic missile鈥燼rabes and indiscriminately landing on civilians, threatening the lives of dozens of civilians.鈥
The attacks on Tuesday come as the Houthis have ramped up their attempts to attack Saudi targets with their crude drones, that carry explosives.
On Monday morning, another drone launched from Al-Jawf in Yemen was intercepted while it was still in Yemen鈥檚 airspace.
On Sunday, coalition forces also destroyed a drone and intercepted six ballistic missiles targeting Jazan in 黑料社区鈥檚聽southern border with Yemen.
Earlier in August, 10 drones were fired at the Shaybah natural gas liquefaction plant in 黑料社区, near the UAE border 鈥 the Houthis claim responsibility for the attack.
There were no injuries and operations were not disrupted.
