Houthi missile (type not stated) and gunfire / clash attack on Place not stated · 20 September 2016
Commander of the Yemeni coup forces' special forces killed on the Saudi border
مقتل قائد قوات انقلابيي اليمن الخاصة على الحدود السعودية (machine translation)
- Date
- 20 September 2016 · 19 Dhu al-Hijjah 1437 AH
- Place
- Place not stated
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Missile (type not stated), Gunfire / clash
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Reported by Saudi media
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- Commander of the Yemeni coup forces' special forces killed on the Saudi borderمقتل قائد قوات انقلابيي اليمن الخاصة على الحدود السعودية (machine translation)
“Informed sources confirmed that the Saudi Armed Forces were able in recent days to kill Staff Colonel Hassan Al-Malsi, the commander of the special forces appointed by the Houthis, during an attempt to infiltrate across the Saudi border with Yemen, and the killing of many Houthi elements…”
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