Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen landed near a US destroyer passing by in the Red Sea, the US navy said, the second such launch targeting ships in the crucial international waterway in recent days. The launches on Sunday came as a ballistic missile fired from Yemen apparently targeted a Saudi air base near Mecca, the deepest strike yet into the kingdom by Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebels and their allies. The Saudi military said the missile fired late on Saturday night was intercepted and caused no damage. The Houthis have fired a series of ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia since a kingdom-led coalition of Arab countries launched an offensive against them in Yemen in March 2015. The Saudi military also said it intercepted another ballistic missile fired on Sunday at the Yemeni city of Marib.

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2016 08:02 UTC