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Saudi Arabia repels missile attack over Riyadh during Formula E weekend

Some loud bangs could be heard above the circuit where the two Formula E races took place this weekend. It would have been a missile attack intercepted by the Saudis. Although debris damaged a house, no one was injured. Saudi Arabia, with its Patriot missiles, has the best anti-aircraft weaponry that the Americans have to offer, so in that sense no one has probably been in any real danger. But it does say a lot about the war situation in which the country finds itself. Read more Leclerc on Hamilton: 'Whenever I put the helmet on every driver is the same' Houthi rebels One of the Saudi generals tells Al Jazeera that the Yemeni Houthis rebel movement is responsible for this attack. These...
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