Houthi missile (type not stated) and projectile attack on Red Sea · 3 April 2018
General / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": A Houthi-Iranian terrorist attack targeting freedom of maritime navigation and global trade in the Red Sea
عام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف " تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن " : هجوم إرهابي حوثي إيراني يستهدف حرية الملاحة البحرية والتجارة العالمية بالبحر الأحمر (machine translation)
- Date
- 3 April 2018 · 17 Rajab 1439 AH
- Place
- Red Sea
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Missile (type not stated), Projectile
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": A Houthi-Iranian terrorist attack targeting freedom of maritime navigation and global trade in the Red Seaعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف " تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن " : هجوم إرهابي حوثي إيراني يستهدف حرية الملاحة البحرية والتجارة العالمية بالبحر الأحمر (machine translation)
“Riyadh 17 Rajab 1439 AH corresponding to 03 April 2018 AD SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Staff Turki Al-Maliki stated that at exactly one thirty in the afternoon today one of the oil tankers was subjected…”
- Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: One of the Saudi oil tankers was subjected to a Houthi-Iranian attack in international waters west of Hodeidah port, which is under the control of the militias…#تحالف_دعم_الشرعية_في_اليمن:تعرض إحدى ناقلات النفط السعودية لهجوم حوثي إيراني بالمياه الدولية غرب #ميناء_الحديدة الواقع تحت سيطرةالميليشيات … (machine translation)
“Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: One of the Saudi oil tankers was subjected to an Iranian Houthi attack in international waters west of the port of Hodeidah, which is under the control of the armed Houthi militias supported by Iran, and thanks to God the attack attempt failed after…”
- Breaking | Colonel Al-Maliki: One of the Saudi oil tankers was subjected to a Houthi-Iranian attack in international waters west of Hodeidah port.عاجل| العقيد المالكي: تعرّض إحدى ناقلات النفط السعودية لهجوم حوثي إيراني بالمياه الدولية غرب ميناء الحديدة. (machine translation)
“Breaking | Colonel Al-Maliki: One of the Saudi oil tankers was subjected to a Houthi-Iranian attack in international waters west of Hodeidah port.”
- Photos | The Saudi oil tanker that was subjected to a Houthi-Iranian attack in international waters west of Hodeidah port. Al-Ekhbariyaصور | ناقلة النفط #السعودية التي تعرضت لهجوم حوثي إيراني بالمياه الدولية غرب ميناء #الحديدة. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Photos | The Saudi oil tanker that was subjected to an Iranian Houthi attack in international waters west of the port of Hodeidah. Al-Ekhbariya https://t.co/SlPEzuEzdg”
- Breaking | Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih: The Houthi attack on the Saudi tanker west of Hodeidah port will not disrupt oil supplies. Al-Ekhbariya The Kingdomعاجل | وزير الطاقة خالد الفالح: الاعتداء الحوثي على الناقلة السعودية غرب ميناء #الحديدة لن يعطل إمدادات #النفط. #الإخبارية #المملكة (machine translation)
“Breaking | Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih: The Houthi attack on the Saudi tanker west of the port of Hodeidah will not disrupt oil supplies. Al-Ekhbariya The Kingdom https://t.co/QcCPDR1GLs”
- Energy minister: Houthi attack on Saudi tanker will not disrupt supplies
“- Khalid Al-Falih described the attack as a desperate attempt to influence the security of international navigation - He pointed out that the continuation of these attempts reveals the danger of this militia and those…”
- Saudi Energy Minister: The terrorist attack on the oil tanker will not disrupt suppliesوزير الطاقة السعودي: الهجوم الإرهابي على ناقلة النفط لن يعطل الإمدادات (machine translation)
“Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih affirmed that the terrorist attack by the Iran-backed Houthi militia on the Saudi oil tanker in international waters west of the port of Hodeidah will not affect economic activity or supplies…”
- Energy Minister: The failed Houthi attack on the oil tanker will not affect crude supplies. Saudi Channel#وزير_الطاقة: الهجوم الحوثي الفاشل على ناقلة النفط لن يؤثر على إمدادات الخام. #قناة_السعودية (machine translation)
“Energy Minister: The failed Houthi attack on the oil tanker will not affect crude supplies. Saudi Channel https://t.co/oBVNerXvFZ”
- The Coalition: The Houthis fired 107 missiles and 66,000 projectiles at Saudi Arabia«التحالف»: الحوثيون أطلقوا 107 صواريخ و66 ألف مقذوف على السعودية (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen renewed its commitment to securing navigation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the waters of the Red Sea from Houthi and Iranian threats. Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Malki told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Houthi targeting…”
- Saudi air defense forces shoot down Houthi ballistic missile over Najran
“- The missile attack on Saudi Arabia was the third in April - Saudi-led Coalition forces have asked the UN to condemn the Houthi missile attacks on civilian areas Jeddah: Saudi air defense forces have intercepted and…”
- What is the upshot of the ballistic missile escalation against Saudi Arabia?ما خلاصة تصعيد الصواريخ الباليستية على السعودية؟ (machine translation)
“When Martin Griffiths, the new UN envoy to Yemen, arrived in the capital Sanaa, the coup militia greeted him with sweet words, while their mind was on another track, there where Tehran, which dictates the order, remotely directed the Houthi stones to attempt an attack on…”
- #BREAKING: Houthi and Iran attack a Saudi Arabian oil tanker in the Red Sea west of Yemen port of Hodaidah, says Arab coalition
“#BREAKING: Houthi and Iran attack a Saudi Arabian oil tanker in the Red Sea west of Yemen port of Hodaidah, says Arab coalition https://t.co/4SimZKYyrk”
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