...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles over the capital Riyadh on Wednesday, state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said, the latest in a series of attacks claimed by rebels in neighbouring Yemen.
Two kabooms were heard in the city, according to an AFP photographer.
A front man for the Saudi-led coalition said Saudi air defences hours earlier had also intercepted a ballistic missile originating from Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...and targeting Saudi Arabia's southern city of Jizan.
Yemen's Houthis quickly grabbed credit for attacking "Riyadh Dry Port and other economic targets" in the Saudi capital with Burkan 2H ballistic missiles.
The rebels also claimed the Jizan attack, via their al-Masirah TV.
Riyadh has long accused its regional rival Tehran of supplying the Huthis with ballistic missiles.
Saudi Arabia launched a military coalition in Yemen in 2015, aimed at rolling back the Huthis and restoring the internationally recognised government to power.
The Huthis have in recent months intensified missile attacks against Saudi Arabia.