Houthi ballistic missile attack on Najran · 9 May 2018
General / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces detected a Badr-type missile launched toward Najran that fell in a desert area
عام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي ترصد صاروخاً من نوع بدر أطلق باتجاه نجران وسقط بمنطقة صحراوية (machine translation)
- Date
- 9 May 2018 · 23 Sha'ban 1439 AH
- Place
- Najran
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (6 reports in all)
- General / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces detected a Badr-type missile launched toward Najran that fell in a desert areaعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي ترصد صاروخاً من نوع بدر أطلق باتجاه نجران وسقط بمنطقة صحراوية (machine translation)
“Riyadh 23 Sha'ban 1439 AH corresponding to 09 May 2018 AD The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Staff Turki Al-Maliki stated that at exactly six forty-two minutes (18:42) this evening…”
- Joint Forces Command of the Coalition: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces detected a Badr-type missile launched toward Najran that fell in a desert areaقيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي ترصد صاروخاً من نوع بدر أطلق باتجاه نجران وسقط بمنطقة صحراوية (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Staff Turki Al-Maliki stated that at exactly six forty-two minutes (18:42) this evening, Wednesday, the terrorist Houthi militia affiliated with…”
- Breaking: Coalition spokesman: the missile was headed toward Najran city and was launched deliberately to target populated civilian areas. Al-Ekhbariyaعاجل | متحدث التحالف: الصاروخ كان باتجاه مدينة #نجران وتم إطلاقه بطريقة مُتعمدة لاستهداف المناطق المدنية الآهلة بالسكان. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Breaking: Coalition spokesman: the missile was headed toward Najran city and was launched deliberately to target populated civilian areas. Al-Ekhbariya”
- 136 Houthi ballistic missiles fail to target Saudi civilian areas136 باليستياً حوثياً تفشل في استهداف المناطق المدنية السعودية (machine translation)
“Four Houthi ballistic missiles failed to achieve the Iran-backed militia's goals of targeting residential areas in Saudi Arabia; Saudi Air Defense Forces destroyed one missile in Riyadh and another in Najran, while a third targeted Riyadh but was…”
- Houthi missile launch toward Najran failsفشل إطلاق صاروخ حوثي باتجاه نجران (machine translation)
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- Houthi Missiles Target Jizan, Najran, Riyadh
“On May 9, Houthi militants in Yemen fired two Badr-1 ballistic missiles targeting the southern Saudi cities of Jizan and Najran. KSA air defenses reportedly intercepted the missile targeting Jizan, while the missile…”