Houthi ballistic missile attack on Jazan · 29 March 2018
General / Command of the Coalition Forces Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept and destroy a ballistic missile launched toward Jazan
عام / قيادة قوات تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن: قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض وتدمر صاروخاً باليستياً أطلق باتجاه جازان (machine translation)
- Date
- 29 March 2018 · 12 Rajab 1439 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / Command of the Coalition Forces Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept and destroy a ballistic missile launched toward Jazanعام / قيادة قوات تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن: قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض وتدمر صاروخاً باليستياً أطلق باتجاه جازان (machine translation)
“Riyadh 12 Rajab 1439 AH corresponding to 29 March 2018 AD SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen forces, Staff Colonel Turki al-Maliki, stated that at exactly nine thirty-five (21:35) this evening the forces intercepted…”
- Breaking | Al-Ekhbariya correspondent: Air Defense intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia at Jazan. Al-Ekhbariyaعاجل | مراسل الإخبارية: الدفاع الجوي يعترض صاروخاً بالستياً أطلقته ميليشيا #الحوثي على #جازان. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Breaking | Al-Ekhbariya correspondent: Air Defense intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia at Jazan. Al-Ekhbariya”
- Saudi air defense units intercept ballistic missile fired by Houthi militia on Jazan
“RIYADH: Saudi air defense units intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen by Houthi militia on Jazan on Thursday evening. The interception follows a 7-missile attack by Houthi militia on the Kingdom on Sunday…”
- Breaking Air Defense destroys a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militias at Jazan.#عاجل #الدفاع_الجوي يدمر صاروخ بالستي اطلقته المليشيات الحوثية على #جازان. (machine translation)
“Breaking Air Defense destroys a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militias at Jazan.”
- Coalition spokesman: The missile was headed toward the city of Jazan and was launched deliberately to target civilian and populated areas. Al-Ekhbariyaمتحدث #التحالف: الصاروخ كان باتجاه مدينة #جازان وتم إطلاقه بطريقة مُتعمدة لاستهداف المناطق المدنية والآهلة بالسكان. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Coalition spokesman: The missile was headed toward the city of Jazan and was launched deliberately to target civilian and populated areas. Al-Ekhbariya”
- Paris accuses Iran of arming the Houthi militiasباريس تتهم إيران بتسليح الميليشيات الحوثية (machine translation)
“Saudi air defense forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militias at the Jazan region in southern Saudi Arabia, according to what Al-Arabiya reported last evening. The number of ballistic missiles the Houthis have targeted…”
- #BREAKING: #SaudiArabian air defense units interceped a ballistic missile fired by #Houthi militia on #Jazan ||
“#BREAKING: #SaudiArabian air defense units interceped a ballistic missile fired by #Houthi militia on #Jazan || https://t.co/4vJ4gHYL10 https://t.co/lvjUKfWykZ”
- Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi at Jazan Al-Arabiyaاعتراض وتدمير صاروخ باليستي أطلقه الحوثي على جازان #العربية (machine translation)
“Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi at Jazan https://t.co/m0JyLWKl2j Al-Arabiya”
- Houthi missile at Jazan and the Coalition strikes Saadaصاروخ حوثي على جازان والتحالف يقصف صعدة (machine translation)
“Saudi media reported that Saudi forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi over Jazan, and the Houthis said they launched their missile at an Aramco company there, and they also announced the killing of eight civilians in a Coalition bombardment on Saada. The spokesman said…”
- Houthis threaten: We will destroy Saudi oilالحوثيون يهددون: سندمّر النفط السعودي (machine translation)
“In an interview with French media, the head of the so-called Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, said his group will continue bombing Aramco and Saudi vital facilities so that there will be a deterrent force against what he described as the arrogant enemy. He added that targeting Aramco…”
- Expert: No evidence that Saudi Arabia downed Houthi missilesخبير: لا دليل على إسقاط السعودية صواريخ حوثية (machine translation)
“An American expert questioned the Saudi account of intercepting the seven ballistic missiles that the Houthis launched from Yemen at Riyadh last Monday. Jeffrey Lewis, director of the nuclear nonproliferation program at the Middlebury Center for Studies…”
- Yemen’s Ansurullah Coalition Successfully Deploy Modified S-75 Missiles Against Saudi Military; North Korean Assistance Likely
“Yemen’s Ansurullah Coalition forces have reportedly successfully carried out a ballistic missile attack on a Saudi Arabian military base near the border city of Jizan. Yemeni forces made use of a domestically built…”