Houthi projectile and gunfire / clash attack on Najran · 19 April 2015
General / Security spokesman for the Ministry of Interior: Border Guard men at Al-Sadd center in Najran came under gunfire and a first corporal was martyred
عام / المتحدث الأمني لوزارة الداخلية: تعرض رجال حرس الحدود بمركز السد بنجران لإطلاق نار واستشهاد جندي أول (machine translation)
- Date
- 19 April 2015 · 30 Jumada al-Akhirah 1436 AH
- Place
- Najran
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Projectile, Gunfire / clash
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- 1 killed · 2 injured
- Victims
- Nationality not stated: 2 injured; Saudi: 1 killed
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / Security spokesman for the Ministry of Interior: Border Guard men at Al-Sadd center in Najran came under gunfire and a first corporal was martyredعام / المتحدث الأمني لوزارة الداخلية: تعرض رجال حرس الحدود بمركز السد بنجران لإطلاق نار واستشهاد جندي أول (machine translation)
“Riyadh 1 Rajab 1436 AH corresponding to 20 April 2015 AD SPA The security spokesman for the Ministry of Interior stated that at eleven o'clock in the evening on Sunday corresponding to 30/6/1436 AH, while Border Guard men and their colleagues in the Land Forces were performing their tasks at a point…”
- General / Spokesman for the Coalition forces again calls on the commanders of military brigades in Yemen to return to legitimacy and end the pointless combat operationsعام / المتحدث باسم قوات التحالف يدعو مجدداً قادة الألوية العسكرية في اليمن للعودة للشرعية وإنهاء عمليات القتال التي لا طائل منها (machine translation)
“First addition Brigadier Asiri explained that the next phase will focus on preventing the Houthi militia from its operational movements on the ground, protecting civilians, and supporting and sustaining relief, evacuation and humanitarian operations, pointing out that the Decisive Storm operations…”
- Coalition forces respond forcefully to the two attackers of the Saudi border and describe them as suicide bombersقوات التحالف ترد بقوة على مستهدفي الحدود السعودية وتصفهم بالانتحاريين (machine translation)
“The Decisive Storm coalition forces described what happened yesterday of targeting one of the southern border centers toward Najran as a suicide operation, and that the Houthis and the rebels of Saleh's army believe that their death on the Saudi border is an entry visa for them into…”
- Saudi ground forces target gatherings belonging to the Houthi militia and affirm: Our position is "defensive"القوات البرية السعودية تستهدف تجمعات تابعة لميليشيا الحوثي وتؤكد: موقفنا «دفاعي» (machine translation)
“About 100 square kilometers from the city of Jazan in southern Saudi Arabia, specifically in the village of Al-Khobah, the Saudi Land Forces yesterday targeted moving targets belonging to the Houthi militia, in a measure to repel an attack on the Saudi border. Major General Mansour…”
- Military official from Najran: Saudi forces are ready for ground interventionمسؤول عسكري من نجران: القوات السعودية جاهزة للتدخل البري (machine translation)
“In the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia, specifically in the Najran region, a joint group of the Royal Saudi Land Forces and the Border Guard stands to defend the Kingdom's territory, amid high morale and no exclusion of a ground intervention in any…”