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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Defenses Shoot Down Ballistic Missile Fired at Jizan

Coalition spokesman Brigadier General Turki al-Malki. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Saudi-led Arab coalition said on Tuesday the Kingdom's defenses shot down a ballistic missile fired towards its southwestern Jizan region.

The coalition said the escalation by Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen is aimed at scuttling the intra-Yemeni consultations that have been proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The talks will be hosted by the GCC on March 29 to April 7.

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