Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Yemen`s Shiite rebels have claimed that they launched a missile toward an under-construction nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. Emirati officials had no immediate comment.
The $20 billion Barakah nuclear power plant is in Abu Dhabi`s far western desert. The first of its four reactors, being built in the UAE`s near its border with Saudi Arabia, is scheduled to come online in 2018.
Sunday`s claim comes amid heavy fighting in Yemen`s capital, Sanaa, between the Shiite rebels known as Houthis and some of their former allies led by Yemen`s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes have targeted the Houthis in that fighting.
The claim comes as the United Arab Emirates, which is part of the Saudi-led coalition, celebrates its National Day.
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