DUBAI, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces, reiterated Sunday that his country stands "firmly and resolutely" with Saudi Arabia in confronting all challenges targeting its security and stability, Emirati state news agency WAM reported.
Sheikh Mohammed condemned "in the strongest terms" the firing of a ballistic missile towards the north of Riyadh by the Yemeni Houthi rebels and their allies, which the Saudi Air Defence Forces said was "successfully intercepted and destroyed without causing any injuries."
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed said that the security of the kingdom is an integral part of UAE security, and that the hand of evil "will not undermine the resolve of our brothers in the kingdom."
He stressed that the Saudi monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, "is able to foil all forms of aggression and conspiracy against the kingdom and the region as a whole."
He added that the attack proves once again the rightfulness of Operation Decisive Storm, under the leadership of the kingdom, stressing his "absolute confidence in victory and the total elimination of any attempt to undermine our security and stability."
Since March 2015, a Saudi-led military coalition has been fighting the Houthi rebels in the Arab peninsula state of Yemen.
The UAE is one of the nine Arab states to support Yemen's internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in its fight against the Houthis.
