Houthi ballistic missile attack on King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah · 27 October 2016
Houthis fire ballistic missile toward Mecca
- Date
- 27 October 2016 · 26 Muharram 1438 AH
- Place
- King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Reported by Saudi media
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Sources (4 reports in all)
- British diplomat: Firm positions await the Houthis if they continue targeting Meccaدبلوماسي بريطاني: مواقف حازمة في انتظار الحوثيين إذا واصلوا استهداف مكة (machine translation)
“British Ambassador to Yemen Edmund Brown criticized the extremist position taken by Mohammed Abdulsalam, head of the Houthi delegation, toward the UN envoy and his questioning of the envoy's impartiality, noting that the Houthis' and Saleh's criticism of Ould Cheikh must stop, and that…”
- Houthis fire ballistic missile toward Mecca
“The Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen's civil war said on Saudi state news agency SPA that a Burkan-1 ballistic missile was launched into Saudi Arabia, adding that it had targeted King Abdulaziz International…”
- Yemen rebels fired missile toward Mecca: Saudi Arabia
“Saudi Arabia says rebels in Yemen have fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca, their deepest strike yet into the kingdom. The Saudi military said today the missile was “intercepted and destroyed”…”
- Morocco Condemns Houthis’ Missil Attack on Mecca
“Casablanca- Morocco has officially condemned the missile attack perpetrated by the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, on Mecca. On Friday October 29th, Al Jazeera reported that the Houthis launched a long-range ballistic…”