[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi air defense intercepted, late Thursday, a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
Militia on Jazan and managed to destroy the missile before hitting any targets.
On Wednesday, the Security Council strongly condemned the launching of the missiles by the militias on Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
The Security Council affirmed that the ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militias threaten the security of the region and expressed the concern that the militias announced their intention to target Saudi Arabia and other countries.
It urged that all member States implement fully the arms embargo as required by Security Council resolutions, including resolution 2216.
The security Council members expressed their deep concern over the violation of the embargo.
Saudi Arabia's air defense forces blocked 104 ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militias against the kingdom since the dawn of June 6, 2015 when a Scud missile was destroyed by the Saudi Patriot defense system, in addition to seven ballistic missiles which were launched this week on a number of Saudi cities.
The missiles were monitored and intercepted while in air.
Colonel Turki al-Maliki's statement
Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the spokesperson of the Arab coalition forces said that at exactly 9:35 PM on Thursday, Saudi Royal Air Force intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militias from within the territory of Yemen’s Saada towards Saudi Arabia’s territory.
Al-Maliki stated that the missile was heading in the direction Jazan city and was launched in a deliberate way to target civilian and populated areas.
"This hostile act by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias proves that the Iranian regime continues to support the Houthis with wide-ranging armaments in clear and explicit defiance of the UN resolution 2216 and resolution 2231, and aims at threatening the security of Saudi Arabia as well as regional security," he said.
The firing of ballistic missiles towards densely populated cities and villages is a violation of the international humanitarian law," he added.