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The drone, which was heading toward the southwestern Khamis Mushait region, was thrown by Saudi air defenses, the coalition said.
The Saudi-led Yemeni coalition said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed a drone bombed by Houthi rebels at the kingdom, the third attack in 48 hours.
In a statement from the coalition quoted by the Saudi state news agency SPA, a drone flying south-west of the Khamis Mushait region was dropped by air defenses.
“The Houthi militia continues to target civilians and civilian objects, and the coalition is taking operational measures to protect civilians and address the immediate threat,” the release added.
The Houthis have yet to comment on the coalition’s statement.
On Thursday, the U.S. State Department said the U.S. was “disgusted beyond” with the Houthi attacks in Yemen, adding that the attacks were exacerbating the country’s humanitarian crisis.
Comments Houthis said the Yemeni government fired two missiles at the city of Marib and killed at least three people, including a child, according to a Yemeni government official.
Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia
In recent weeks, the Saudi-led coalition has announced that it has seized dozens of drones fired by Houthi rebels into Saudi territory.
According to Liz Throssell, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Houthi rebels have carried out 128 drone attacks and 31 ballistic missiles in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of this year.
The Houthi group, which is aligned with Iran, says the drone attacks are in response to a Saudi-led coalition attack on Yemen.
Yemen has been plagued by violence and chaos since 2014 when Houthis overcame much of the country, including the capital Sanaa.
The crisis was exacerbated in 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at reversing Houthi’s territorial gains.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs, the conflict has killed more than 233,000 people.
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