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The Saudi-led military coalition has claimed that its air defence system intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired towards the eastern region of Saudi Arabia early Sunday (November 8).
Coalition spokesperson Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki announced the development early Sunday morning.
In a statement, he said Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had fired the missile towards eastern Saudi Arabia. However, it was detected and destroyed before reaching its intended target.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence Directorate said emergency warning sirens had been activated in the eastern cities of Dammam, Al-Ahsa and Abqaiq.
Authorities later announced that the threat of an attack had passed.
