Saudi-led coalition intercepts missiles over Riyadh, Jizan
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Saudi-led coalition intercepts missiles over Riyadh, Jizan

Saudi Arabia's air defences have intercepted two ballistic missiles above the kingdom's capital, Riyadh, and the southern city of Jizan, according to a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. The call coincided with the fifth anniversary of Saudi Arabia's intervention in Yemen's civil war, at the helm of a military coalition supporting the internationally recognized government against the Houthi rebels.

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