Houthi projectile and ground raid attack on Jazan · 21 October 2016
General / Command of the Coalition forces supporting legitimacy in Yemen: violations of the ceasefire by the Houthi militias and their backers rose significantly during the past 24 hours
عام / قيادة قوات تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن : ارتفاع حالات خرق وقف إطلاق النار من قبل المليشيات الحوثية وأعوانهم بشكل كبير خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية (machine translation)
- Date
- 21 October 2016 · 20 Muharram 1438 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Projectile, Ground raid
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (4 reports in all)
- General / Command of the Coalition forces supporting legitimacy in Yemen: violations of the ceasefire by the Houthi militias and their backers rose significantly during the past 24 hoursعام / قيادة قوات تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن : ارتفاع حالات خرق وقف إطلاق النار من قبل المليشيات الحوثية وأعوانهم بشكل كبير خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية (machine translation)
“Riyadh 20 Muharram 1438 AH corresponding to 21 October 2016 AD SPA The command of the Coalition forces supporting legitimacy in Yemen announced that the number of ceasefire violations by the Houthi militias and their supporters has risen significantly during the past twenty-four hours, as…”
- UN efforts to extend the truce.. and Brigadier Asiri: ceasefire violations exceeded one thousandمساع أممية لتمديد الهدنة.. والعميد عسيري: خروقات «وقف النار» تجاوزت الألف (machine translation)
“The curtain came down at exactly 11:59 last night on a 72-hour Yemeni truce in which the coup militias violated the "ceasefire" from the first minutes, amid UN efforts to extend it, and amid Western and UN diplomatic efforts for an extension that had not been announced as of the hour…”
- Saudi forces repel a Houthi attack on the Najran borderالقوات السعودية تصد هجوما للحوثيين على حدود نجران (machine translation)
“Saudi forces repelled an attack by the Houthi militia and the forces of the ousted Yemeni President Ali Saleh on the border of Najran in the south of the Kingdom, which led to the killing of a number of militia elements, according to what Al Jazeera's correspondent in Saudi Arabia reported. The Jazan borders also witnessed an infiltration attempt…”