Houthi ballistic missile attack on Riyadh · 19 May 2017
Missile fired from Yemen shot down near Saudi capital
- Date
- 19 May 2017 · 23 Sha'ban 1438 AH
- Place
- Riyadh
- 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 (5 reports in all)
- Missile fired from Yemen shot down near Saudi capital
“RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southwest of the capital Riyadh late Friday, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s arrival in the Sunni-led kingdom. Air defense units…”
- #Saudi Air Defense Force intercepts #Houthi ballistic missile aimed at #Riyadh
“#Saudi Air Defense Force intercepts #Houthi ballistic missile aimed at #Riyadh https://t.co/VoXPa78WIt”
- Saudi Arabia says Yemeni rebels fired ballistic missiles, killing 1 in Riyadh
“DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Yemen's Shiite rebels fired a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting Saudi Arabia late Sunday on the third anniversary of a kingdom-led war in Yemen, with fragments of one missile over…”
- Yemen rebel missile shot down 200km from Saudi capital
“Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile towards the Saudi capital Riyadh and the Arab coalition waging war in the country said it intercepted and destroyed a projectile about 200km west of the city. The incident…”
- "Burkan AT-2".. a ballistic missile that targeted Saudi Arabia"بركان أتش2".. صاروخ بالستي استهدف السعودية (machine translation)
“A long-range ballistic missile of the "Burkan H2" type that the Houthi group says it developed locally, while Saudi Arabia and the Coalition forces affirm that it is of Iranian manufacture. The group has acknowledged launching this type of missile at King Khalid International Airport in the capital…”