
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday fired a long-range ballistic missile toward the King Khaled International Airport north of the Saudi capital Riyadh.
The Houthi forces launched a Burkan H-2 ballistic missile in the capital's airport. It's the second ballistic missile attack claimed by Houthi rebels on the Saudi airport in less than three months.
The attack also comes just 10 days following the interception of a Houthi missile fired from Yemen by the Saudi military forces.
The Houthi missile had targeted the civilian areas of the southwestern Saudi province of Najran on January 20.
Continued missile attacks from Houthi rebels in Yemen have forced Saudi Arabia to cut off air, sea and land links from its neighbour. The defence forces have also halted Yemen's financial aids and food and fuel imports as well.
On December 4, former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed in Sanaa after days of intense fighting between Houthi rebels and his loyalist forces. Before killing Saleh, Houthi rebels had reportedly blown up his residence.
Both Saleh forces and the Houthi rebels are battling to capture the capital city. The loyalists of Saleh last week had proposed for the talks with the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis to end the three-year conflict in Yemen.
The military conflict dates back to 2015, when the fight between the government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Houthi rebels, backed by Saleh army units, broke out.
The Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf Arab countries has interfered in the conflict since March 2015 upon Hadi’s request, carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis.