The United Arab Emirates says it has intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles targeting the country, with no casualties. The remnants of the intercepted ballistic missiles landed in separate areas around Abu Dhabi, the defense ministry said in a statement to the state news agency WAM on Monday.

The Houthi-run Al-Masira television channel said the group would release details of a “wide-ranging military operation” against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in a matter of hours amid concerns over further escalation of tensions in the region during Yemen’s years-long civil war.

For more than six years, Iranian-backed Houthis have been fighting the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen – which includes the United Arab Emirates – repeatedly launching cross-border missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia, and bombing Abu Dhabi.

In an attack on the 17th of January this year in the capital of the UAE, three people were killed.

The missile fire disrupted traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport, home to flag carrier Etihad long-haul aircraft carrier, for about an hour after the attack. In Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, state media reported late Sunday that a Houthi ballistic missile had landed in the south of the kingdom, injuring two foreigners and damaging workshops and vehicles in an industrial area.

Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition has also stepped up air strikes on Houthi strongholds in Yemen.