{"id":27635,"date":"2017-11-05T13:57:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T18:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27635"},"modified":"2017-11-05T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T18:57:15","slug":"saudis-intercept-ballistic-missile-over-capital-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27635","title":{"rendered":"Saudis Intercept Ballistic Missile Over Capital Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saudis Intercept Ballistic Missile Over Capital Riyadh<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Just hours after the previously reported <\/a>unexpected, and shocking resignation of Lebanon’s pro-Saudi prime minister Saad al-Hariri, Saudi defense forces said they had intercepted a ballistic missile over the capital Riyadh, which was fired from Yemen. According to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry, the Yemeni Air Force targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday with a ballistic missile.<\/p>\n

Al-Arabiya reported that the missile was intercepted over north-east Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement, even as Yemen’s Defense Ministry said the missile attack “shook the Saudi capital” and the operation was successful.<\/p>\n

The Riyadh-based newspaper Al Riyadh released a video on its Twitter account showing the interception of a missile.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/span>\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u0631\u0641<\/span> @abumiftah<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Remnants of the intercepted #<\/span>ballisticmissile<\/span><\/a> landed near King Khalid International Airport in #<\/span>Riyadh<\/span><\/a>, #<\/span>SaudiArabia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Photos, allegedly pieces of the intercepted missile, have also emerged on the web.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/span>Miriam Goldman Eps<\/span> <\/a>\u2714<\/b><\/span>@Miriam411<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Photos (via @<\/span>NajranToday<\/span><\/a>) reportedly showing pieces of a ballistic missile fired from #<\/span>Yemen<\/span><\/a> and intercepted over northern #<\/span>Riyadh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n