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UAE intercepts Houthi ballistic missiles in latest attack

The second Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi in just a week marks a new escalation in Yemen's civil war.
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The United Arab Emirates and US military personnel intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward an airbase housing US troops on Monday.

No one was hurt in the attacks but debris from the missiles landed near Abu Dhabi, according to a statement by the Emirati Defense Ministry.

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