Houthi ballistic missile and projectile attack on Jazan · 21 December 2015
Political / Saudi Air Defense Forces intercept a missile launched shortly ago from Yemeni territory toward Jazan
سياسي / قوات الدفاع الجوي السعودي تعترض صاروخا تم إطلاقه قبل قليل من الأراضي اليمنية باتجاه جازان (machine translation)
- Date
- 21 December 2015 · 10 Rabi' al-Awwal 1437 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile, Projectile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Political / Saudi Air Defense Forces intercept a missile launched shortly ago from Yemeni territory toward Jazanسياسي / قوات الدفاع الجوي السعودي تعترض صاروخا تم إطلاقه قبل قليل من الأراضي اليمنية باتجاه جازان (machine translation)
“Riyadh 10 Rabi' al-Awwal 1437 AH corresponding to 21 December 2015 AD SPA The Command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced in a statement today that Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted at about 11:30 p.m. on Monday 21 December a ballistic missile that was…”
- Breaking: Our correspondent Khaled Al-Janahi: A hostile Qaher-1 missile heading toward Jazan was destroyed at dawn today, with no significant injuries. Al-Ekhbariyaعاجل | مراسلنا خالد الجناحي: تدمير صاروخ معاد متجه إلى جيزان من نوع "قاهر1" فجر اليوم من دون إصابات تذكر. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Breaking: Our correspondent Khaled Al-Janahi: A hostile Qaher-1 missile heading toward Jazan was destroyed at dawn today, with no significant injuries. Al-Ekhbariya”
- Saudi air defenses down a missile launched from Yemen and destroy its launch platformالدفاعات الجوية السعودية تسقط صاروخا أطلق من اليمن وتدمر منصة إطلاقه (machine translation)
“The Command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced in a statement today (Monday) that Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted at about 3:30 a.m. a hostile missile launched from Yemeni territory toward Jazan city. It promptly…”
- 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…”
- Saudi Arabia intercepts a ballistic missile and destroys its platform.. and warns of a harsh responseالسعودية تعترض صاروخًا بالستيًا وتدمر منصته.. وتحذر من الرد القاسي (machine translation)
“The Command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced that Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted yesterday evening a ballistic missile launched from Yemeni territory toward Jazan city, for the second time within 24 hours, warning of taking harsh measures to deter those…”
- A crisis of confidence among the Yemeni parties.. and Saudi Arabia threatens the Houthis with a harsh responseأزمة ثقة بين الأطراف اليمنية.. والسعودية تهدد الحوثيين برد قاس (machine translation)
“The UN envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, yesterday called on the international community to intervene to support peace in Yemen, and acknowledged the existence of major obstacles, including the weak confidence between the conflicting parties, preventing a major breakthrough. Ismail said…”
- #Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile fired before dawn today from #Yemen toward its southern #Jazan border region, the coalition says: AFP
“#Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile fired before dawn today from #Yemen toward its southern #Jazan border region, the coalition says: AFP”
- Saudi Air Defense Intercepts Rocket Fired From Yemen
“The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen says Saudi air defense units have intercepted a rocket fired from inside Yemen in the southwest border city of Jazan. A statement by the coalition said that the rocket,…”
- Saudi Arabia intercepts a missile the Houthis launched toward Jazanالسعودية تعترض صاروخا أطلقه الحوثيون نحو جازان (machine translation)
“Saudi air defenses intercepted a missile launched by the Houthis toward Jazan city in southern the Kingdom, and destroyed it at dawn today, Monday. The official Saudi news channel said that "a hostile missile heading to Jazan of the Qaher-1 type was destroyed at dawn…”
- Saudi Arabia intercepts a new Houthi missile toward Jazanالسعودية تعترض صاروخا جديدا للحوثيين تجاه جازان (machine translation)
“The Command of the Arab Coalition in Yemen announced that Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted the missile and destroyed its launch platform inside Yemeni territory after locating it. The Coalition Command explained that at a time when it is keen to deal positively with the request…”
- Saudi Intercepts Missile From Yemen
“Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile fired before dawn today from Yemen towards its southern border region, the coalition said, in the latest such attack despite a ceasefire and peace talks.In a brief statement, the…”