Coalition intercepts Houthi ballistic missile north of Riyadh, tracks launch site in Sanaa

RIYADH — The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said early Wednesday it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile north of Riyadh launched by the Houthis.The coalition said it was tracking the missile’s launch platform through its intelligence systems over Sanaa and vowed to destroy it.“We are tracking the launch platform through the coalition’s intelligence system in the skies over Sanaa, and we will destroy it,” Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson of the Coalition said.Earlier, the coalition announced the interception and destruction of another Houthi ballistic missile launched toward Khamis Mushait.It said Sanaa, Saada and Amran provinces were the sources of Houthi missile threats and pledged to continue neutralizing ballistic and surface-to-surface missile threats and destroying their launch sources.