Suadis shoot down Missile aimed at Royal Palace
Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels at the royal palace in Riyadh.
Mohammed Abdul-Salam, spokesman for the rebel Houthi movement in Yemen, said that a meeting of Saudi leaders at the Yamama Palace had been targeted.
Saudi state television said it was intercepted just south of the city and no casualties or damage have been reported, but witnesses in the capital have posted images on social media of smoke billowing into the air.
The attempted attack comes on the same day that the United Nations’ human rights office confirmed the deaths of 115 civilians and other non-combatants in Yemen as a result of airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led military coalition.
All of the killings between 6 December and 16 December in four northern provinces, with Yemen’s rebel-run TV station and a hospital among the targets.
Hundreds of world figures urged have the leaders of the United States, France and Britain to stop “stoking the flames of war” in Yemen, marking the 1,000th day of the war.
The statement, signed by 355 high-profile figures including Nobel peace laureates and religious leaders, states: “To prevent further catastrophe and famine, Yemen needs an immediate cease-fire; an end to all blockages on access for food, fuel and medical supplies; and investment in a new, inclusive peace process.
“If you don’t want the burden of the lives of thousands more Yemeni children on your hands, then the time to act is now. Yemen can’t wait any longer,” it said.
Last month the Houthi rebels launched a missile towards Riyadh’s airport, which the US and Saudi Arabia said had been supplied by Iran.
Mohammed Abdul-Salam, spokesman for the rebel Houthi movement in Yemen, said that a meeting of Saudi leaders at the Yamama Palace had been targeted.
Saudi state television said it was intercepted just south of the city and no casualties or damage have been reported, but witnesses in the capital have posted images on social media of smoke billowing into the air.
The attempted attack comes on the same day that the United Nations’ human rights office confirmed the deaths of 115 civilians and other non-combatants in Yemen as a result of airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led military coalition.
All of the killings between 6 December and 16 December in four northern provinces, with Yemen’s rebel-run TV station and a hospital among the targets.
Hundreds of world figures urged have the leaders of the United States, France and Britain to stop “stoking the flames of war” in Yemen, marking the 1,000th day of the war.
The statement, signed by 355 high-profile figures including Nobel peace laureates and religious leaders, states: “To prevent further catastrophe and famine, Yemen needs an immediate cease-fire; an end to all blockages on access for food, fuel and medical supplies; and investment in a new, inclusive peace process.
“If you don’t want the burden of the lives of thousands more Yemeni children on your hands, then the time to act is now. Yemen can’t wait any longer,” it said.
Last month the Houthi rebels launched a missile towards Riyadh’s airport, which the US and Saudi Arabia said had been supplied by Iran.
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