Saudi Arabia intercepts missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels

Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels, which sent debris crashing down over a neighbourhood near Dammam that wounded at least two people.

Images published by the state-run Saudi Press Agency showed glass and debris across a townhouse there, which is in the kingdom's eastern reaches and near to the headquarters of the state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco.

In the attack, military spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki al-Malki said the Houthis launched three bomb-laden drones and three ballistic missiles.

Yemen's Houthi rebels did not immediately acknowledge launching the attack.

Saudi Arabia is mired in a yearslong, deadlocked war backing Yemen's toppled government against the Iranian-backed Houthis.

The Saudi-led war, which began in March 2015, has seen an uptick in recent months amid a Houthi effort to capture the city of Marib.

That also has seen renewed, long-range attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia.

A bomb-laden drone on Tuesday crashed into the kingdom's Abha airport, wounding eight people and damaging a civilian plane.

Airstrikes and ground fighting in Yemen have killed more than 130,000 people and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.