Images on social media showed a trail of white smoke in the skies above Saudi Arabia's capital city, Riyadh this morning
Yemen rebels said they had fired a 'Volcano H-2' towards city's royal residence
A ballistic missile over Riyadh has been intercepted after Yemen rebels fired at the royal residence of King Salman.
Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen a plume of smoke over the capital after hearing a blast at about 10.50am this morning - shortly before the scheduled unveiling of the Saudi budget.
A Saudi-led coalition is fighting the armed Houthi movement in neighbouring Yemen. Earlier today, the Shiite rebels said they were targeting a meeting of leaders at Yamama palace.
They claimed a ballistic 'Volcano H-2' missile was used in the attack.
The attack took place shortly before Saudi Arabia was due to announce the country's annual budget in a news conference expected to be attended by senior ministers.
Reuters witnesses described hearing a blast and said they saw smoke in the north-east of Riyadh.
This was the second Huthi missile attack on Riyadh in the past two months.
Saudi Arabia has accused its arch foe Iran of supplying missiles to the rebels, a charge Tehran strongly denied.
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