{"id":1705,"date":"2017-11-04T18:58:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T18:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2018-02-24T21:57:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T04:57:04","slug":"saudi-arabia-intercepted-a-ballistic-missile-from-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/saudi-arabia-intercepted-a-ballistic-missile-from-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Nov 4, 2017: \u00a0Saudi Arabia: Loud explosion heard near Riyadh airport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A loud explosion has been heard near Riyadh&#8217;s airport, with unconfirmed reports saying Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1706\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DA053729-77AE-4E33-A8F2-653F763EAB2C-300x185.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DA053729-77AE-4E33-A8F2-653F763EAB2C-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DA053729-77AE-4E33-A8F2-653F763EAB2C-100x62.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DA053729-77AE-4E33-A8F2-653F763EAB2C.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yemen&#8217;s air force targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen&#8217;s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>But the missile was intercepted over northeast Riyadh, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Ministry of Defense said in a statement carried on Saudi-backed Al-Arabiya television.<\/p>\n<p>Yemen&#8217;s Defense Ministry said the missile attack &#8220;shook the Saudi capital&#8221; and the operation was successful. It also said the attack was conducted using a Yemeni-made, long-range ballistic missile called the Burqan 2H.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of states against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who toppled Yemen&#8217;s internationally recognized government in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The missile attack represents the first time the heart of the Saudi capital has been attacked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We previously warned that capitals of countries attacking Yemen will not be safe from our ballistic missiles,&#8221; Houthi spokesman Mohammed AbdulSalam said. &#8220;Today&#8217;s missile attack comes in response to Saudi killing innocent Yemeni civilians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Riyadh airport tweeted that it hadn&#8217;t been affected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Travelers across King Khalid international airport in Riyadh, we assure you that the movement is going on as normal and usual, and trips going according to time,&#8221; the airport said in Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Bijan Hosseini contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov 4, 2017: \u00a0Saudi Arabia: Loud explosion heard near Riyadh airport A loud explosion has been heard near Riyadh&#8217;s airport, with unconfirmed reports saying Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen. Yemen&#8217;s air force targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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