Saudi forces shoot down Scud from Yemen
نيسان ـ نشر في 2016-02-08 الساعة 12:34
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AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
arabnews
RIYADH: Saudi Arabian air defenses on Monday intercepted a Scud missile fired at Khamis Mushait city where a major airbase is located, the coalition fighting in Yemen said.
he said.
Roughly 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Yemeni border, the King Khalid Air Base, near the city of Khamis Mushait, is at the forefront of Saudi-led air operations agai
nst Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies, elite troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen.
The kingdom has deployed Patriot missile batteries designed to counter tactical ballistic missiles, which have been fired occasionally since March when the coalition began air strikes in support of the Yemeni government after Iran-backed Houthis seized much of Yemen.
Rocket fire from Yemen and border skirmishes have killed about 90 civilians and soldiers in southern Saudi Arabia since the coalition intervention began.
The United Nations says more than 6,100 people in Yemen have been killed in the conflict since March, about half of them civilians.
