The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis has claimed that the group fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh at dawn before it was intercepted and destroyed, after residents reported blasts in the Saudi capital.
Black smoke and flames rose near Riyadh's international airport, as the Houthis announced they had carried out strikes on targets in the Saudi capital and coastal oil facilities.
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In recent weeks, the Houthi movement has staged a lightning offensive, seizing swathes of territory in one of the world's poorest countries, leaving the internationally-recognised government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia, scrambling to respond.
Saudi Arabia has responded with scores of airstrikes on Houthi-held areas but has failed to stop the advance.
Lightning offensive This is the first time since Yemen's civil war resumed that strikes have threatened the Saudi capital, piling further pressure on a global economy already rocked by seven months of war between the US and Iran.
The group has reported scores of retaliatory strikes carried out daily by Riyadh since their offensive this month to take over the country's entire Red Sea coast, giving them control over the vital Bab al-Mandab strait.
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The United Nations said the renewed fighting had displaced more than 112,000 people Riyadh was targeted with waves of attacks during an earlier period of the war, including a drone strike on the US embassy in the capital's diplomatic quarter in March.
War in Yemen broke out in 2014 when the Houthis seized control of the capital Sanaa and other regions, triggering a military intervention led by Saudi Arabia in March 2015.
The Houthis insist there is no threat to shipping in the sea lane – except for ships from Saudi Arabia, the world's leading crude exporter.
Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they carried out drone and ballistic missile attacks on the Saudi capital Riyadh, as well as energy sites on the country's Red Sea coast. Saudi authorities said they intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh on Saturday, without confirming any further strikes or causalities.