Saudi Arabia said that it intercepted a missile that it was fired at its capital, Riyadh, according to reports.
The kingdom’s air defenses shot down the ballistic missile that was fired from Yemen, where Saudi forces are at war.
No casualties were reported after the incident, The Associated Press reported.
Locals on social media said they heard loud explosions in the air.
Saudi authorities did not offer a comment on the matter.
It comes after Arab coalition troops stormed the airport in Yemen’s main port Hodeidah on Tuesday and captured large areas of the compound in battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, according to a Yemeni military source, the UAE news agency, and local residents, as reported by Reuters.
Residents of the strategic Red Sea city said battles were also raging on the coastal road leading to the densely populated city center from the airport, with Apache helicopter gunships of the Western-backed coalition providing close air support.
Wresting the airport from the Houthis would be a major step towards a takeover of Hodeidah by coalition-backed forces. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have pledged a swift assault to avoid disrupting aid deliveries to Yemen through the port.
“We can hear the sounds of artillery, mortars and sporadic machinegun fire. The Houthis have been using tanks,” a resident close to the coastal strip told Reuters by telephone, asking not to be identified.
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