In a time when Saudi Arabia is scrambling to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the kingdom, with cases touching 1,200, the country’s air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles above Riyadh, the kingdom’s capital, and the southern city of Jizan. Yemen’s Houthi rebels are being blamed for the missiles which were intercepted at around 23:23 (20:23 GMT) on Saturday, according to a statement by the Saudi Press Agency. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels which are battling the Saudi-led coalition have launched hundreds of missiles and drones across the border over time, but they have mostly targeted nearby military and civilian targets, but also Riyadh. The city is about 620 miles north of Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen, and the last attempted attack on the capital was in June 2018.
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