Houthi ballistic missile attack on Najran · 6 May 2018
General / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Coalition Air Defense Forces intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom
عام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن قوات الدفاع الجوي للتحالف تعترض صاروخين بالستيين أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 6 May 2018 · 20 Sha'ban 1439 AH
- Place
- Najran
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Coalition Air Defense Forces intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdomعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن قوات الدفاع الجوي للتحالف تعترض صاروخين بالستيين أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 20 Sha'ban 1439 AH corresponding to 06 May 2018 AD SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that at exactly eight forty-seven minutes this evening the forces detected…”
- Joint Forces Command of the Coalition Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Coalition Air Defense Forces intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia toward…قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن قوات الدفاع الجوي للتحالف تعترض صاروخين بالستيين أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية باتجاه ا… (machine translation)
“The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition, the Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen, the Coalition's Air Defense Forces intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom. https://t.co/3gPrIz7ktN”
- Coalition Air Defense Forces intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdomقوات الدفاع الجوي للتحالف تعترض صاروخين بالستيين أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that at exactly eight forty-seven minutes this evening, the Coalition's Air Defense Forces detected the launch of two ballistic missiles by…”
- Saudi air defense destroys Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Najran
- Saudi air defense units intercept two ballistic missiles fired by Houthi militia on Najran
“- The southern city of Najran - close to the border with Yemen, has come under fire before - Iranian-backed Houthi militia have launched several missiles at Saudi Arabia in recent months RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s air…”
- Breaking: Saudi Air Defense destroys two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward Najran. Al-Ekhbariyaعاجل | الدفاع الجوي السعودي يدمر صاروخين باليستيين أطلقتهما الحوثيون باتجاه #نجران. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Breaking: Saudi Air Defense destroys two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward Najran. Al-Ekhbariya”
- Interception of {two} Houthi ballistic missiles in Najranاعتراض {باليستيين} حوثيين في نجران (machine translation)
“The Air Defense Forces of the Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen intercepted yesterday two ballistic missiles launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia from inside Yemeni territory (north of Amran Governorate) toward Saudi territory. Colonel Staff Turki…”
- #BREAKING: #SaudiArabian air defense units intercept ballistic missile fired by #Houthi militia on Najran City ||
“#BREAKING: #SaudiArabian air defense units intercept ballistic missile fired by #Houthi militia on Najran City || https://t.co/MZ2pm9WL5g https://t.co/KVOGwLq4n6”
- The two missiles were launched by the Houthi militias from deep inside Saada and were destroyed by Saudi Air Defense Forces as soon as they entered its airspace Al-Arabiyaالصاروخان أطلقتهما الميليشيات الحوثية من عمق صعدة دمرا من قبل قوات الدفاع الجوي السعودي فور دخولهما مجالها الجوي #العربية (machine translation)
“The two missiles were launched by the Houthi militias from deep inside Saada and were destroyed by the Saudi Air Defense Forces as soon as they entered its airspace https://t.co/OwFgKf6Dgu”
- New Houthi missiles on Saudi Najranصواريخ حوثية جديدة على نجران السعودية (machine translation)
“For its part, the Houthi group's Al-Masirah channel said the group's missile force fired a batch of Badr-1 ballistic missiles at a number of economic targets in Najran. These are the first missiles announced as intercepted during May…”