Houthi ballistic missile attack on Khamis Mushait · 25 March 2018
Political / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition — Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed 7 ballistic missiles launched toward the Kingdom
سياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض وتدمر 7 صواريخ بالستية أطلقت باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 25 March 2018 · 8 Rajab 1439 AH
- Place
- Khamis Mushait
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Political / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition — Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed 7 ballistic missiles launched toward the Kingdomسياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض وتدمر 7 صواريخ بالستية أطلقت باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 08 Rajab 1439 AH corresponding to 25 March 2018 AD SPA The official spokesman of the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Staff Turki al-Maliki stated that in the evening of this day, the Coalition's air defense forces monitored the launch of 7 missiles…”
- General / Colonel Al-Maliki: The Iranian regime's support for terrorist groups and organizations constitutes a threat to regional and international security and a violation of the principles of international law and UN resolutionsعام / العقيد المالكي : دعم النظام الإيراني للجماعات والمنظمات الإرهابية يشكل تهديداً للأمن الإقليمي والدولي وخرقاً لمبادئ القانون الدولي والقرارات الأممية (machine translation)
“Riyadh 09 Rajab 1439 AH corresponding to 26 March 2018 AD SPA The official spokesman of the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Staff Turki al-Maliki affirmed that what the Iranian regime is doing in smuggling, supporting and arming terrorist groups and organizations…”
- Saudi forces shoot down 7 Houthi missiles; one expat killed in attack
“RIYADH: Saudi air defenses intercepted seven ballistic missiles fired by Houthi militia in Yemen toward various targets in Saudi Arabia on Sunday night, the Arab Coalition helping Yemen's legitimate government said.…”
- Saudi Air Defense intercepts and destroys 7 ballistic missiles launched toward the Kingdomالدفاع الجوي السعودي يعترض ويُدمر 7 صواريخ بالستية أُطلقت باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Colonel Staff Turki al-Maliki, the official spokesman of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen forces, affirmed that the Coalition's air defense forces monitored in the evening of yesterday (Sunday) the launch of 7 ballistic missiles from inside Yemeni territory toward Saudi territory. He explained…”
- A Houthi-Iranian aggression embarrasses the UN envoyعدوان حوثي ـ إيراني يحرج المبعوث الأممي (machine translation)
“Saudi air defense forces intercepted seven ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militias at four Saudi cities, in the evening of yesterday. The fall of a fragment from one of them on a populated area in Riyadh led to {the martyrdom of an Egyptian resident} and the injury of two others. The system brought down…”
- World unites in anger at new Houthi missile attack on Saudi Arabia
“RIYADH: JEDDAH: World leaders joined a chorus of anger and condemnation on Monday after Houthi militias in Yemen launched a barrage of Iranian-supplied ballistic missiles at civilian areas of four cities in Saudi…”
- The Coalition reveals today evidence of Iran's involvement in smuggling ballistic missiles to the Houthis«التحالف» يكشف اليوم أدلة تورط إيران في تهريب الصواريخ الباليستية للحوثيين (machine translation)
“The command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen reveals today (Monday), at exactly seven in the evening Riyadh time, evidence of the Iranian regime's involvement in supporting and smuggling ballistic missiles and weapons to the terrorist Houthi militias, and its threat to security…”
- Houthi missile targeting Saudi Arabia's Najran intercepted
“JEDDAH: Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces on Saturday intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis from Yemen, said the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally…”
- Saudi Arabia: 7 missiles fired from Yemen, 1 killed from falling debris
“Saudi Arabia says one person was killed after seven missiles were fired from Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday. It’s the first death on Saudi soil since the Saudi-led coalition began a military…”
- Saudis shoot down seven missiles fired on cities by Yemen's Houthi rebels
“An Egyptian man was killed by debris in the Saudi capital of Riyadh as the conflict in the Arabian peninsula threatens to escalate Saudi Arabia on Monday threatened retaliation against Iran, accusing the Shiite power of…”
- Videos Raise Questions over Saudi Missile Intercept Claims
“As with nearly every ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Shi'ite rebels targeting Saudi Arabia, the kingdom overnight said it intercepted all seven fired — but online videos raise new questions about those claims. One…”
- 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…”
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