RIYADH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen announced on Sunday it had intercepted ten bomb-laden drones in less than five hours, Al Arabiya news channel reported.
Five Houthi drones heading towards Saudi Arabia were intercepted after five others had been downed early on Sunday morning, the report said.
The Houthi militia's attacks targeted civilians and civilian sites in the kingdom, the coalition's spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki said on Sunday.
The coalition is working to protect civilians in accordance with international humanitarian laws, he added.
The coalition said it intercepted and destroyed two Houthi drones on Saturday and six on Friday.
The coalition will complete this month its sixth year of war in Yemen against the Houthi militia in support of the government of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
