United Arab Emirates (UAE) intercepts 2 ballistic missiles

DUBAI: The Defence Ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi militia.

Monday's launch, which came a week after a deadly Houthi attack on the UAE's capital Abu Dhabi on January 17, caused no casualties, as the ballistic missile fragments fell in several locations around Abu Dhabi, Xinhua quoted the official Emirates News Agency citing a statement of the ministry.

The ballistic missile launcher in Yemen's Al Jawf governorate was destroyed shortly after it launched the two missiles against Abu Dhabi, the Ministry announced in a post on its Twitter account.

Video footage posted on the Ministry's Twitter account showed a huge fire erupting at an infrastructure, which was described by as a ballistic missile launcher in Yemen. The missile was reported to have been launched by an F-16 fighter jet.

The Ministry also said in a statement that it is ready to deal with any threats and will "take all necessary measures to protect the state from all attacks".

Meanwhile, Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea asked foreign companies and investors in the UAE to leave, because Yemen has become "unsafe".

"As long as the UAE continues its assault and siege of the Yemeni people, it will be repeatedly targeted," he said. (IANS)

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