Houthi projectile attack on Najran · 5 June 2015
Houthi shells toward Jazan and Najran and Saudi forces respond
قذائف حوثية باتجاه جازان ونجران والقوات السعودية ترد (machine translation)
- Date
- 5 June 2015 · 18 Sha'ban 1436 AH
- Place
- Najran
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Projectile
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (4 reports in all)
- Commander of the Saudi National Guard in Najran: We expected an infiltration attempt before it happened.. so we foiled itقائد الحرس الوطني السعودي في نجران: توقعنا محاولة توغل قبل وقوعها.. فـأفشلناها (machine translation)
“A military source informed told Asharq Al-Awsat about the arrival of advanced combat reinforcements by the Joint Forces to the Saudi-Yemeni border, to confront any attacks on Saudi territory by the Houthi militias and ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah…”
- A Saudi military official: Houthi violations did not surprise us and we identified {valuable} targetsمسؤول عسكري سعودي: انتهاكات الحوثيين لم تفاجئنا وحددنا أهدافًا {ثمينة} (machine translation)
“Major General Mohammed Al-Shahrani, commander of the Saudi National Guard forces in the southern region, confirmed the arrival of advanced combat reinforcements from the Joint Forces to the Saudi-Yemeni border, to confront any attacks on Saudi territory by the militias…”
- Houthi shells toward Jazan and Najran and Saudi forces respondقذائف حوثية باتجاه جازان ونجران والقوات السعودية ترد (machine translation)
“Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the Houthi group militia fired a number of mortar shells and Katyusha missiles toward the outskirts of the Jazan and Najran regions, while coalition aircraft continued their raids on Houthi positions in Saada, Hajjah and other areas deep inside Yemen. He said…”