Coalition intercepts armed Houthi drone targeting Saudi Arabia

The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said on Monday it intercepted a bomb-laden drone launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia targeting civilians in the southern region of Saudi Arabia.

In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the coalition spokesman, Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Malki said: "The coalition forces have intercepted and destroyed this evening (Monday) a bomb-laden UAV launched systematically and deliberately by the terrorist Houthi militia to target civilians and civilian objects in the southern region."