THE US State Department has cautioned its citizens to carefully considering traveling to Saudi Arabia, citing persisting “terrorist” threats and a spillover of violence from Yemen across the border. The travel warning, issued on Tuesday, warned of the threat of ballistic missiles fired by rebel groups from Yemen into the kingdom. The most recent missile fired into Saudi Arabia landed north of the capital, Riyadh, on November 4 and caused debris to fall near the King Khalid International Airport. Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition at war in Yemen since March 2015, when the oil-rich kingdom intervened to push back Houthi rebels and reinstate the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. “Yemeni forces also routinely fire artillery at Saudi border towns and launch cross-border attacks against Saudi military personnel,” it said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 22, 2017 15:07 UTC