Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted a Houthi-fired missile in the Medina region

The Saudi-led military coalition said on Thursday it had intercepted a missile fired by the Houthis towards the Medina region.

“Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile fired by the Houthi terrorist militia in the Medina region,” the coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Malki said.

Earlier, Saudi Arabia's civil defence issued an alert for the Yanbu Governorate near the Red Sea in Medina province.