RIYADH – Saudi air defense forces have destroyed a Houthi ballistic missiletargeting Najran on Friday.

According to an Al Arabiya news channel correspondent, Saudi air defenseforces intercepted and destroyed the missile using their Patriot defensesystem around 12:50 pm local time.

Military sources confirmed that the Houthi militia intentionally fired themissile at a resident-dense areat. But, the defense forces were able todestroy the missile without resulting in any casualties.

The kingdom’s air defenses intercepted another missile targeting the Najranregion while another missile fell in a desert area on Sunday.

The militia has fired more than 100 ballistic in total targeting SaudiArabian land according to an Arab Coalition statement released on April 16.Saudi air defenses were able to intercept most of them.