Riyadh went to war in Yemen to put back into power ousted President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who fled from the Shiite Houthi rebels after his two-year term expired in January.

Kuwait will send ground troops to Saudi Arabia as part of their involvement in the ground offensive in Yemen against the Ansarullah rebels, known as Houthis, a local newspaper reported Tuesday citing an unnamed government source.

SAUDI ARABIA has said it intercepted a Scud ballistic missile fired from Yemen, according to a statement on the Saudi state news agency SPA.

Meanwhile, a statement released by the Bahrain Defense Force identified the officers as Captain Ahmed Mohammed Ameen and Captain Mubarak Saad Rumaihi, adding that some other Bahraini officers were injured in Tuesday’s incident.

Yemen s Iran-backed rebels have intensified their rocket attacks across the Saudi border during the past week, prompting the coalition to threaten severe reprisals against them.

The Arab coalition is backing forces loyal to Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s internationally recognised government with air strikes, ground troops, and weaponry, in addition to training.

More than 80 people, a lot of them soldiers and border guards, have been killed in shelling and cross-border skirmishes in the kingdom s south since coalition operations began in Yemen.

The conflict has killed almost 6,000 people and plunged the impoverished country into a humanitarian crisis, but a ceasefire coinciding with United Nations-backed talks began on December 15.