Houthi ballistic missile and projectile attack on Jazan · 20 May 2018
Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched toward the Kingdom
قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخا بالستيا أُطلقا باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 20 May 2018 · 5 Ramadan 1439 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile, Projectile, Gunfire / clash
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (3 reports in all)
- Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched toward the Kingdomقوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخا بالستيا أُطلقا باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Staff / Turki al-Maliki stated that at exactly four thirty-nine minutes past midnight (04:39), the Coalition's Air Defense Forces detected the launch of a ballistic missile by…”
- Ansar Allah: Storming of Jabal MBC site with artillery shells and the flight of Saudi forces (video)أنصار الله : اقتحام موقع جبل إم بي سي بقذائف المدفعية وفرار القوات السعودية ( فيديو ) (machine translation)
“According to the group's Al-Masirah channel, the Military Media distributed footage of "the mujahideen of the Army and Popular Committees storming" in a qualitative operation the positions of the Saudi army on Jabal al-"MBC" inside Jazan, southwest of the Kingdom. The footage showed the targeting of elements…”
- Yemeni forces fire missile at Jazan Economic City in Saudi Arabia