RIYADH, 29 March 2020, TON: Saudi Arabia has successfully intercepted missiles fired from across the border at Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh on Saturday, 28 March.

Saudi Arabia’s Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed the ballistic missiles at midnight, state media said. Saudi state TV reported that its missile defense systems were used in the interception.

Meanwhile, US is praising its Patriot missile defence systems while Russian head of the Defence Committee, Vladimir Shamanov negotiated and advised Saudi Arabia to replace old Air Defence systems with Russian S-400 or S-300 systems.

Another report by the Israeli news agency said that Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles on Saturday night launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group towards Riyadh and the city of Jizan as reaction to Saudi-led coalition fighting against Houthi militia.

In the recent past, a third country was trying to establish communication between Saudi Arabia and Yemen as well as the rebel groups. The talks were in mid way and the missiles attack seems deliberate attempt, intended to create suspicion in the path of peace between various stakeholders.