RIYADH: A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia on Monday threatenedretaliation against arch-foe Iran, accusing them of being behind a barrageof Yemeni rebel missile attacks on the kingdom.

Saudi forces said they intercepted seven missiles on Sunday, including overthe capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation that coincided with the thirdanniversary of the coalition’s intervention in Yemen.

Displaying wreckage at a news conference in Riyadh of what it said werefragments of those ballistic missiles, the coalition claimed forensicanalysis showed they were supplied to Huthi rebels by their ally Iran.

“The missiles launched against Saudi territory were smuggled from Iran,”coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki told reporters.

We “reserve the right to respond against Iran at the right time and rightplace”, he added.

The missile strikes resulted in the first reported fatality from Huthi firein the Saudi capital.

Egyptian national Abdul-Moteleb Ahmed, 38, died instantly in his bed whenwhat appeared to be burning shrapnel struck his ramshackle room in Riyadh’sUm al-Hammam district, leaving a gaping hole in the roof, witnesses told byAFP at the site. – APP/AFP