Arab coalition: Houthis fired ballistic missile at Saada province

RIYADH - 6 September 2019: Spokesman for Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Colonel Turki Al-Malki has said the Iranian-backed Houthi militias fired a ballistic missile from Amran province on Friday afternoon but the missile fell in the Yemeni territory of Saada.

Malki explained that the Houthi militias continued to violate international humanitarian law and its customary rules by firing ballistic missiles, which affect population centers, threatening the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians inside Yemen, SPA news agency reported.

He stressed that the Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition continues to take strict measures to neutralize and destroy these ballistic capabilities to protect civilians inside Yemen as well as regional and international security.