Houthi drone attack on Abha International Airport, Abha · 25 May 2018
Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Detection and destruction of a drone toward Abha Airport
قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": رصد وتدمير طائرة دون طيار باتجاه مطار أبها (machine translation)
- Date
- 25 May 2018 · 10 Ramadan 1439 AH
- Place
- Abha International Airport, Abha
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted, debris fell
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Detection and destruction of a drone toward Abha Airportقيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": رصد وتدمير طائرة دون طيار باتجاه مطار أبها (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the "Coalition forces supporting legitimacy in Yemen," Colonel Staff Turki al-Maliki, stated that at exactly one forty-five (13:45) this afternoon, the air defense system tasked with protecting Abha airport detected an unidentified object…”