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Houthi projectile attack on Dhahran al-Janub · 30 January 2017

A soldier injured when Houthi shells fell on a UN building in Dhahran Al-Janub

عام / إصابة جندي إثر سقوط قذائف حوثية على مبنى أممي في ظهران الجنوب (machine translation)

Date
30 January 2017 · 2 Jumada al-Ula 1438 AH
Place
Dhahran al-Janub
Attacker
Houthis
Weapons
Projectile
Outcome
Struck target
Killed / injured
1 injured
Victims
Nationality not stated: 1 injured
Launched from
Saada (assumed)
Confirmation
Officially confirmed

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Sources (8 reports in all)

  1. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) · Saudi official · 30 January 2017
    A soldier injured when Houthi shells fell on a UN building in Dhahran Al-Janub
    عام / إصابة جندي إثر سقوط قذائف حوثية على مبنى أممي في ظهران الجنوب (machine translation)
    “Dhahran Al-Janub 2 Jumada al-Ula 1438 AH corresponding to 30 January 2017 The building of the United Nations Coordination and De-escalation Committee in Dhahran Al-Janub was subjected today to Katyusha-type projectiles launched by the Houthi and Saleh coup militia. This resulted in…”
  2. X: @saudiatv (قناة السعودية) · Saudi media · 30 January 2017
    A soldier injured when Houthi shells fell on a UN building in Dhahran Al-Janub Saudi Channel
    إصابة جندي إثر سقوط قذائف حوثية على مبنى أممي في ظهران الجنوب #القناة_السعودية (machine translation)
    “A soldier injured as a result of Houthi projectiles falling on a UN building in Dhahran Al-Janub https://t.co/4ssrQ2H3HI Saudi Channel https://t.co/qxOrbUKsBH”
  3. Asharq Al-Awsat · Saudi official (cited) · 31 January 2017
    Houthis target a United Nations building in Dhahran Al-Janub in Saudi Arabia
    الحوثيون يستهدفون مبنى تابعًا للأمم المتحدة في ظهران الجنوب بالسعودية (machine translation)
    “The Houthi and Saleh coup militia targeted yesterday a building belonging to the United Nations in Dhahran Al-Janub governorate in Asir region «southern Saudi Arabia», where the Saudi Press Agency reported that the building of the United Nations Coordination and De-escalation Committee…”
  4. Asharq Al-Awsat · Saudi official (cited) · 31 January 2017
    Yemen: The coup plotters' targeting of the United Nations headquarters is a blatant challenge to the international community
    اليمن: استهداف الانقلابيين لمقر الأمم المتحدة تحد سافر للمجتمع الدولي (machine translation)
    “The Yemeni Cabinet considered the Houthi and Saleh rebel militia's targeting of the headquarters of the de-escalation and coordination committee that the United Nations prepared in Dhahran Al-Janub in Saudi Arabia a clear indication and an explicit expression of its intentions to continue its aggressive approach and not to…”