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Saudis say 1 dead during missile barrage by Yemen rebels

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Saudis say 1 dead during missile barrage by Yemen rebels

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Shiite rebels fired a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting Saudi Arabia late Sunday on the third anniversary of a kingdom-led war in Yemen, with fragments of one missile over Riyadh killing one person and wounding two.

The casualties were the first in Saudi Arabia’s capital since the Saudi-led war in Yemen began in March 2015, though previous rockets fired by the Yemeni rebels have caused deaths in other parts of the kingdom.

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