Houthi projectile and ground raid attack on Jazan · 5 June 2015
Political / Statement from the Joint Forces Command: The Armed Forces repel an attack on several axes in the Jizan and Najran sectors
سياسي / بيان من قيادة القوات المشتركة : القوات المسلحة تصد هجومًا على عدة محاور بقطاع جيزان ونجران (machine translation)
- Date
- 5 June 2015 · 18 Sha'ban 1436 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ground raid, Projectile
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- 4 killed
- Victims
- Saudi: 4 killed
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Political / Statement from the Joint Forces Command: The Armed Forces repel an attack on several axes in the Jizan and Najran sectorsسياسي / بيان من قيادة القوات المشتركة : القوات المسلحة تصد هجومًا على عدة محاور بقطاع جيزان ونجران (machine translation)
“Jeddah 18 Sha'ban 1436 AH corresponding to 05 June 2015 AD WAM The Joint Forces Command issued today the following statement: By the grace of God, His guidance, His victory and His enabling, our Saudi Armed Forces today were able to repel an attack on several axes in the Jazan and Najran sectors…”
- Saudi forces foil two attempted attacks on their southern sectorsالقوات السعودية تحبط محاولتي اعتداء على قطاعاتها الجنوبية (machine translation)
“With the approach of the anticipated peace talks in Geneva between the legitimate Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels and the General People's Congress party headed by Ali Abdullah Saleh, the conflict in Yemen has recorded a new escalation with large-scale attacks by the rebels…”
- Saudi forces intercept a missile of the rebels.. and destroy the launch platform in Saadaالقوات السعودية تعترض صاروخًا للمتمردين.. وتدمر منصة الإطلاق في صعدة (machine translation)
“The Saudi Armed Forces intercepted, at dawn yesterday, a Scud missile fired by the Houthi militias and the forces of the ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh toward the city of Khamis Mushait (southwest of Saudi Arabia). The Joint Forces Command explained yesterday in a statement…”
- 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…”
- Saudi Arabia downs a Scud missile and foils an attack on its borderالسعودية تسقط صاروخ سكود وتحبط هجوما على حدودها (machine translation)
“The Saudi army said today, Saturday, that air defense batteries intercepted a Scud missile fired by forces of ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh toward the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, following Riyadh's announcement that it foiled an attack launched yesterday by Saleh's forces and militias…”
- Saudis say Scud missile from Yemen shot down
“Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a Scud missile fired into the kingdom by Houthi fighters and forces allied to Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni president. A coalition of Arab states has been bombing the…”
- Saudi Arabia claims downing of Yemeni Houthi Scud missile
“Saudi Arabia has claimed to have shot down a Scud missile fired into the kingdom by Yemen's dominant Houthi group and its army allies in the first use of the missile in over two months of war. In a statement released by…”
- Yemeni forces fire Scud missile at Saudi Arabia
“DUBAI/SANAA, (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi group and its army allies fired a Scud missile at Saudi Arabia which the kingdom says it shot down today, in a major escalation of two months of war. In the first use of…”
- Scud Missile Fired at Saudi Arabia as 38 Yemenis Reported Killed
“Yemen's dominant Houthi group and its army allies fired a Scud missile at Saudi Arabia which the kingdom said it shot down on Saturday, in a major escalation of two months of war.Arab air strikes and shelling…”