Saudi Arabia intercepted a Scud missile fired from Yemen with a Patriot missile 31502162

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Saudi Arabia intercepted a Scud missile fired from Yemen with a Patriot missile
Saudi Arabia intercepted a Scud missile fired toward the kingdom by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, the Riyadhled coalition fighting the insurgents has said. The official Saudi SPA news agency said the missile was destroyed by the kingdom’s air defenses at around 21:45 on Saturday, around 100 kilometers from its border with Yemen.
     
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The Saturday’s incident is the third time Saudi Arabia said it has shot down a Scud fired from Yemen. On Tuesday, the coalition said that a Saudi Patriot missile had downed a Scud fired from the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa.

Riyadh has deployed Patriots 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 Huthi rebels seized Sanaa and advanced toward second city Aden.

In April last year, the Saudi defense ministry said coalition strikes had removed threats to the kingdom’s security “by destroying heavy weaponry and ballistic missiles” seized by the Yemeni rebels.

Vehicle- borne Scud ballistic missiles have a much longer range and more powerful warhead than the rockets and mortar bombs which have struck the kingdom’s southern border regions, killing about 90 civilians and soldiers since the coalition intervention began.

The United Nations said more than 6,100 people in Yemen have been killed in the conflict since March, about half of them civilians.

 (AFP)