Yemeni rebels fire missile at Saudi city

Saudi air defense forces shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi group toward Khamees Mushait city in the kingdom’s southwest on Tuesday night, a Saudi-led coalition said. Houthi forces, Iranallied rebels from northern Yemen who triggered a war when they took control of the capital and forced the Yemeni government into exile, fire missiles or mortars almost daily into southern Saudi border areas. They also launch crossborder raids. The Houthis said on Twitter that their missile was aimed at Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal Military Camp, located about 40 kilometers north of the Yemeni border.