AFP, RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Scud missile fired on its territory by rebel forces in neighbouring Yemen early yesterday as momentum gathers for peace talks in Switzerland next weekend. "The Royal Saudi Air Defence Forces intercepted it with a Patriot missile," said a statement from the Saudi-led coalition which has been waging an air war against the rebels since March 26. Coalition aircraft destroyed the launchpad for the 2:45 am (2345 GMT Friday) attack on the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait, said the statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The missile was fired from south of the Huthi rebel bastion of Saada in Yemen's northern mountains, it added.