Saudi air defence forces intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched at the southern city of Jazan on Friday, the coalition fighting the rebels in neighbouring Yemen said.
Coalition spokesman Col Turki Al Malki said the missile was fired from Yemen's Saada provinces and aimed at residential areas.
"No casualties or damage were recorded when the missile was intercepted," Col Al Malki said.
The Houthis claimed on the rebel-run Al Masirah TV channel that they had targeted a refinery of the Saudi state oil firm Aramco.
The attack comes as the Iran-backed rebels suffer heavy losses in the province of Hodeidah, where coalition and government forces this week resumed a campaign to liberate the main city of the same name and its vital port.
The Saudi-led coalition resumed air strikes on Wednesday as the government's Al Amalikah Brigades seized sections of the main road linking Hodeidah to Sanaa, Yemen's rebel-held capital, cutting of a key route for reinforcements and supplies.
The rebels in Hodeidah are close to be completely surrounded, the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Anwar Gargash, said on Friday.
Dr Gargash said the rebels were facing the consequences of their refusal to take part in UN-mediated peace talks in Geneva last week.
The talks were convened by the UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths to find a political solution to the conflict, which began when the Houthis seized Sanaa in September 2014.
The coalition, which includes the UAE, intervened in March 2015 at the request of the internationally recognised government of President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi.
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2025 Fifa Club World Cup groups
Group A: Palmeiras, Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami.
Group B: Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle.
Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica.
Group D: Flamengo, ES Tunis, Chelsea, (Leon banned).
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Water waste
In the UAE’s arid climate, small shrubs, bushes and flower beds usually require about six litres of water per square metre, daily. That increases to 12 litres per square metre a day for small trees, and 300 litres for palm trees.
Horticulturists suggest the best time for watering is before 8am or after 6pm, when water won't be dried up by the sun.
A global report published by the Water Resources Institute in August, ranked the UAE 10th out of 164 nations where water supplies are most stretched.
The Emirates is the world’s third largest per capita water consumer after the US and Canada.
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COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Kumulus Water
Started: 2021
Founders: Iheb Triki and Mohamed Ali Abid
Based: Tunisia
Sector: Water technology
Number of staff: 22
Investment raised: $4 million
BULKWHIZ PROFILE
Date started: February 2017
Founders: Amira Rashad (CEO), Yusuf Saber (CTO), Mahmoud Sayedahmed (adviser), Reda Bouraoui (adviser)
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: E-commerce
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Funding: approximately $6m
Investors: Beco Capital, Enabling Future and Wain in the UAE; China's MSA Capital; 500 Startups; Faith Capital and Savour Ventures in Kuwait
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Du Football Champions
The fourth season of du Football Champions was launched at Gitex on Wednesday alongside the Middle East’s first sports-tech scouting platform.“du Talents”, which enables aspiring footballers to upload their profiles and highlights reels and communicate directly with coaches, is designed to extend the reach of the programme, which has already attracted more than 21,500 players in its first three years.
