Houthi ballistic missile attack on Jazan · 23 May 2018
General / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition, Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom
عام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخاً بالستياً أطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية التابعة لإيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 23 May 2018 · 8 Ramadan 1439 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted, debris fell
- 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: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdomعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخاً بالستياً أطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية التابعة لإيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 07 Ramadan 1439 AH corresponding to 23 May 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 fifty-eight minutes past midnight (01:58), the Coalition's Air Defense Forces detected…”
- Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched toward the Kingdomقوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخاً بالستياً أُطلق بإتجاه 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 one fifty-eight minutes past midnight (01:58), the Coalition's Air Defense Forces detected the launch of a ballistic missile by…”