Yemen's Houthi rebels reportedly stage deep rocket attack in Saudi Arabia

Houthi rebels in Yemen has reportedly carried out a large-scale rocket attack against targets deep within Saudi Arabia's borders, with the Saudi government claiming it intercepted a ballistic missile bound for the country's capital of Riyadh. 

The attack was launched Monday, according to several reports. There is no report of casualties.

The Houthis, which formed in the 1990s to counteract what leader said was the undue religious influence of neighboring Saudi Arabia, has lately been launching attacks against the Saudis, following the expiration of a six-week ceasefire imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Saudi forces have been responding with attacks of their own. 

Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for the multi-country, Saudi-led coalition waging a campaign against Houthi forces, said the military alliance had intercepted a missile aimed at Riyadh. Al-Malki called that maneuver by the Houthis a “deliberate hostile action designed to target civilians."

A spokesman for the Houthi said that the group had fired a "large number of winged ballistic missiles and drones" toward Riyadh, and that its attacks had "pound[ed] military headquarters and centers."