Following a deadly attack a week earlier, the UAE intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at the Gulf country on Monday, with no casualties, according to its defense ministry.
For more than six years, the Houthis have fought a Saudi-led coalition that includes the UAE, carrying out cross-border missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia and launching an unprecedented attack on the UAE on January 17.
"The remnants of the intercepted ballistic missiles fell in separate areas around Abu Dhabi," the ministry said, adding that it was taking all necessary precautions against future attacks.

Newspaper in the UAE Residents reported seeing flashes in the sky over the capital around 4.30 a.m., according to the National.

The attack on Monday was the second on UAE soil since last week's strike on a fuel depot in Abu Dhabi, which killed three people and caused a fire near the city's international airport.

According to Houthi-run Al Masirah television, the group will announce the details of a "wide military operation" against Saudi Arabia and the UAE within hours.

Saudi state media reported early Monday that the coalition intercepted a ballistic missile, with remnants damaging workshops and vehicles in the kingdom's south. It was reported late Sunday that a ballistic missile had fallen in the south, injuring two foreigners and causing damage to an industrial area.

The Yemen conflict is widely regarded as a proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The UN, which has been working with the US to broker a ceasefire in Yemen, has expressed concern about the escalation and has urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint.

The Saudi-led coalition has ramped up airstrikes on what it describes as Houthi targets in Yemen.

At least 60 people were killed in a strike on a temporary detention center in northern Saada province on Friday, and about 20 were killed in the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa in an operation on Tuesday.

In March 2015, the coalition intervened in Yemen, months after the Houthis ousted the internationally recognized government from Sanaa. According to the group, it is fighting a corrupt system as well as foreign aggression.

The UAE had reduced its presence in Yemen significantly in 2019 due to a military stalemate, but Emirati-backed Yemeni forces had recently joined battles against the Houthis in key energy-producing provinces.