Yemen's Houthi rebels conducted a bomb-laden drone assault aiming at the King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia at dawn, stated the militia.

Houthi rebels’ spokesperson Yehya Sarea noted in a report aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV: "the hit was precise."

The Saudi air defenses halted and demolished the drone fired in the direction of the southwestern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, said Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV in a report.

Cross-frontier missile and drone assaults by the Iran-supported Houthis have intensified since February when the outfit started a massive attack against the Saudi-supported Yemeni administration army to seize the oil-rich province of Marib in central Yemen.