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Yemen’s Houthi movement fired ballistic missiles at what it called “economic and vital targets” in the southern Saudi province of Jizan on Saturday, and Saudi authorities said a man was killed by debris from the projectiles.
The attack appeared to be retaliation promised by Yemen’s dominant political faction in a war there as thousands attended a funeral in the capital Sana’a for a top Houthi official martyred in a Saudi-led air strike last week.
Eyewitnesses in Sana’a reported Saudi-led air raids on Saturday near the downtown rally for the burial of Saleh al-Samad, the president of the political body which governs northern Yemen. There were no reports of casualties.
The Houthis said they launched eight ballistic missiles at “economic and vital targets” in Saudi’s Jizan province on Saturday and Riyadh said it intercepted four of the projectiles.
Jizan civil defence spokesman Colonel Yahya Abdullah Al-Qahtani said on Arabiya TV that the Saudi national was killed by “falling fragments of military projectiles.”
A picture accompanying the Arabiya TV report appeared to show the outside of a civilian home pockmarked by shrapnel.
The two sides in Yemen have fought to a stalemate after more than three years of war. A Saudi-led military coalition is trying to forcefully restore the resigned regime of former Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Saudi and other warplanes from the mostly Gulf Arab alliance have carried out thousands of air strikes, repeatedly hitting markets, hospitals and other civilian targets, killing hundreds of civilians.
The Houthis have fired more than 100 ballistic missiles into the kingdom, causing casualties.
Tehran and the Houthis deny the accusation. The group says it is fighting for Yemen’s sovereignty against a Western-backed plot to dominate the country.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
