One Egyptian was killed and two of his countrymen were maimed by falling shrapnel in Riyadh, authorities said, with residents reporting loud kabooms and bright flashes in the sky shortly before midnight.
The Houthis fired three missiles at Riyadh and four others at the southern cities of Khamis Mushait, Jizan and Najran, with the coalition saying they all targeted populated areas.
"This aggressive and hostile action by the Iran-backed Huthi group proves that the Iranian regime continues to support the gang with military capabilities," coalition front man Turki al-Malki said.
"The firing of multiple ballistic missiles towards cities is a serious development."
The Huthi-run al-Masira television channel claimed the rebels had targeted Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport as well as other airstrips in the south of the kingdom.
Pakistain strongly condemned the ballistic missile attacks and commended Soddy Arabia
...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 government "for destroying the missiles and limiting the casualties".
The strikes come after the US defence secretary last week urged Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....during his visit to Washington to pursue "urgent efforts" to end Yemen's wrenching conflict.
The Houthis have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi Arabia since last year, all of which Saudi forces claim to have intercepted, underscoring their capacity to strike deep within the kingdom amid a stalemated war in Yemen.
The latest attack could further escalate the coalition's military campaign.
A major attack targeting Riyadh international airport on November 4 triggered the tightening of a longstanding Saudi-led blockade of 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...
‐ already on the verge of famine.
Another strike on December 19 targeted Riyadh's Yamamah palace, the official residence of King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians.....