A ballistic missile fired from Yemen toward Saudi Arabia's capital on Saturday night was shot down by Saudi defense forces close to Riyadh, officials said.

According to NBC news, the missile was targeting Riyadh, but was intercepted by a surface-to-air Patriot missile and turned to shrapnel as it flew east of the King Khalid International Airport, said Col. Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for Saudi Arabia's coalition forces in Yemen.

According to Maliki, the missile was blown up in an uninhabited area and there were no casualties.

He accused Yemen's Houthi rebels, who are at war with Saudi Arabia, for the act. 

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels crippled Yemen's internationally-recognized government in 2015, leading to a years-long civil war. Saudi Arabia has led a coalition of nations inside the country ever since.

However, Maliki said the attack confirmed that a regional country — likely Iran — supported the Houthi's attack, which was a breach of a 2015 United Nations resolution that demanded an end to violence in Yemen and chastised Iran for manipulating the conflict.