Saudi 'intercepted and destroyed' Houthi ballistic missile

The Saudi-led military coalition said on Monday that it had "intercepted and destroyed" a ballistic missile fired by pro-Iranian Houthi fighters towards southern Saudi Arabia.

"The coalition intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi terrorist militia towards Khamis Mushait," Major General Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for the coalition, wrote on X.