Houthi ballistic missile and ground raid attack on Khamis Mushait · 6 June 2015
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- Date
- 6 June 2015 · 19 Sha'ban 1436 AH
- Place
- Khamis Mushait
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile, Ground raid
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (22 reports in all)
- Political / Statement from the Joint Forces Commandسياسي / بيان من قيادة القوات المشتركة (machine translation)
“Jeddah, 18 Sha'ban 1436 AH, corresponding to 5 June 2015 AD, SPA. The Joint Forces Command today issued the following statement: At 02:45 (two forty-five) in the morning on Saturday, the Houthi militias and ousted Ali Abdullah Saleh fired a missile…”
- Khamis Mushait city and, praise be to God, it was intercepted by the Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces with two Patriot missiles, and the Coalition Air Forces immediately responded =مدينة خميس مشيط وتم بحمد الله اعتراضه من قبل قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي بصاروخي باتريوت، وقد بادرت القوات الجوية للتحالف في الحال = (machine translation)
“Khamis Mushait city and, praise be to God, it was intercepted by the Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces with two Patriot missiles, and the Coalition Air Forces immediately responded =”
- Political / Statement from the Joint Forces Commandسياسي / بيان من قيادة القوات المشتركة (machine translation)
“Jeddah, 19 Sha'ban 1436 AH, corresponding to 6 June 2015 AD, SPA. The Joint Forces Command today issued the following statement: At 02:45 (two forty-five) in the morning today, Saturday, the Houthi militias and ousted Ali Abdullah Saleh fired a missile…”
- 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…”
- Saudi forces destroy a missile launch platform in Yemenالقوات السعودية تدمر منصة إطلاق صواريخ في اليمن (machine translation)
“The Command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced in a statement yesterday that Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted at about 3:30 a.m. a "hostile" missile launched from Yemeni territory toward Jazan city, and the Coalition Command affirmed that…”
- Saudis Shoot Down Scud Missile Fired By Houthi Rebels In Yemen : The Two-Way
“Saudis Shoot Down Scud Missile Fired By Houthi Rebels In Yemen Saudi Arabia shot down a Scud missile fired by Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen that was targeted at one of the kingdom's largest air bases. NPR's Deborah…”
- Saudi Intercepts Scud Missile Fired From Yemen
“RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Scud missile fired on its territory by rebel forces in neighboring Yemen early Saturday as momentum gathers for peace talks in Switzerland next weekend. "The…”
- 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…”
- Saudi Arabia says it intercepted Scud fired from Yemen
- 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…”
- Katyusha missiles in Najran and Houthi dead in Jazanصواريخ كاتيوشا بنجران وقتلى للحوثيين بجازان (machine translation)
“A number of Katyusha missiles fell on residential buildings in the western neighborhoods of the Saudi city of Najran without casualties, while Saudi commando forces killed a number of Houthi group gunmen who tried to infiltrate Jazan. Saudi military sources said that…”
- Saudi Arabia shot down a missile fired from Yemen
“Early this morning, Saudi Arabia shot down a Scud missile fired at the country by Shiite rebels from Yemen, the state news agency reported. The missile was shot down by the "patriot" missile system, near the city of…”
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