Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemeni missile heading for King Salman’s palace

Houthi rebels target Saudi leaders gathered ahead of budget speech

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King Of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
(Image credit: Photo by Lintao Zhang - Pool/Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia today intercepted a ballistic missile south of Riyadh that Yemen’s Houthi rebels say was aimed at a meeting of Saudi leaders in King Salman’s Al-Yamamah Palace.

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