Washington Post:
ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it intercepted a ballistic missile south of its capital fired by a rebel group in neighboring Yemen, raising regional tensions amid Saudi claims that Iran is supplying the rebel fighters with weapons.
The missile incursion marked the second time the rebels, known as Houthis, had targeted Riyadh since early November as part of retaliation for Saudi-led attacks seeking to break the rebel grip on parts of Yemen.
The claim that the missile was intercepted, carried by Saudi state-run media, could not be immediately confirmed. Witnesses in Riyadh described hearing a loud boom, and images on social media showed a plume of smoke in the sky.
A Houthi spokesman, writing on Twitter, said that a missile, known as a Volcano H-2, had targeted a royal palace in Riyadh…
