Saudi Arabia intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles fired from Yemen over Taif on Monday, Riyadh’s embassy in Washington said. One of the missiles was heading for Mecca and the other for Jeddah, Saudi news outlet Al Arabiya cited eyewitnesses as saying.
Saudis say they don’t want war, but will defend themselves. Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of ordering drone attack on oil installations.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement denied the reports. “The Saudi regime is trying, through these allegations, to rally support for its brutal aggression against our great Yemeni people,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said on Facebook .
