missiles into Saudi Arabia was ostensibly a response to its northern neighbour’s three years of air attacks, the armed group told Al Jazeera.

Striking deeper then ever before, the Houthis fired four missiles at air and military bases in the southern Saudi cities of Abha, Jizan and Najran late on Sunday, in the run-up to the three-year anniversary of the bloody war …

Martin Reardon, a senior vice president with The Soufan Group, a strategic security and intelligence consultancy, said it was unlikely the missile attacks could derail future peace talks …