Amateur videos uploaded to YouTube appeared to show that at least one of the Patriot missiles fired on Sunday failed to hit its target, instead doing a U-turn and crashing with a huge flash on the ground. The Houthis, who are supported by Saudi Arabia’s regional rival Iran, have fired missiles into Saudi Arabia several times. The Saudis and the Americans have accused Iran of violating a United Nations arms embargo by providing military weapons and supplies to the Houthis, including missiles. In their own account of the attack, the Houthis said they had fired at least three ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia. “Three years of war, decades of chronic underdevelopment have done something for the children of Yemen — but unfortunately nothing good.”

Source: New York Times March 25, 2018 23:46 UTC