Iran-backed Yemen rebels fire two ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabian capital after Riyadh praises Donald Trump for backing out of nuke deal
Saudi Arabian media said two ballistic missiles were intercepted over Riyadh
There were no reports of damage but pictures showed the fallen weaponry
It comes a day after the Saudi government praised Trump over the nuke deal
By GEORGE MARTIN
DAILYMAIL.COM
9 May 2018
Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles over its capital Riyadh on Wednesday that had been fired from Yemen, state media reported, after at least four blasts rocked the city centre.
Yemen’s Iran-allied armed Houthi movement said it had launched the missiles at economic targets in the Saudi capital.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage but dramatic pictures shot by civilians in the flight path of the stricken missiles claimed to show several casings which fell to earth in a Saudi town.
The footage, uploaded to Twitter by Ghanem Almasarir, shows fragments of the exploded missile scattered in the sand in a jumbled wreck.
The attack came a day after US President Donald Trump pulled out of a nuclear deal with Iran, partly over concerns the pact did not address Tehran’s ballistic missile programme or its role in conflicts in Yemen and Syria.
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