Cairo — Saudi Arabia said on early Friday it had intercepted and destroyed several ballistic missiles launched by Houthi militia toward Saudi cities, state news agency SPA quoted the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned group as saying.

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The spokesman for the coalition said the missiles were fired from the Yemeni capital Sanaa and were aimed at cities and civilians, SPA added.

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Houthis have not claimed responsibility for the attack yet