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Yemen rebels fired missiles at the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, with coalition forces hitting back by blowing up the insurgents' launchpad as a sharp escalation of hostilities entered a second week on Monday.

The missiles were reportedly fired by the Houthi group. No injuries have been reported

Dubai [UAE], January 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The UAE air force has destroyed a missile launched in northern Yemen after it attempted to hit targets in Abu Dhabi, the UAE Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The missile launch comes just one week after a deadly Houthi-claimed attack on Abu Dhabi that used what UAE officials say were drones and missiles.

Debris fell in several locations in Abu Dhabi, causing no casualties, after UAE air defense systems downed two ballistic missiles, according to the United Arab Emirates Defense Ministry.

After 2 killed in latest assault by Iran-backed group in Yemen, State Department says retaliatory strikes 'only exacerbate suffering of Yemeni people'

The UAE strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place recently in Nigeria's Borno state on Thursday.

The missile launch comes just one week after a deadly Houthi-claimed attack on Abu Dhabi that used what UAE officials say were drones and missiles.

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, making him the latest senior defense official to contract the virus this month.

Washington is reportedly expediting the shipment to Ukraine of five Russian Mi-17 transport helicopters that were originally purchased from Moscow for the former US-backed Afghan government before it surrendered to the Taliban last August.