Houthi ballistic missile attack on Yanbu · 4 June 2018
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
قياده القوات المشتركة للتحالف " تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخًا بالستيًا أطلقته المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية التابعة لإيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 4 June 2018 · 20 Ramadan 1439 AH
- Place
- Yanbu
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- 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": Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdomقياده القوات المشتركة للتحالف " تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخًا بالستيًا أطلقته المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية التابعة لإيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition supporting legitimacy in Yemen," Colonel Staff Turki al-Maliki, stated that at exactly four eleven (0411) at dawn, the Coalition's air defense forces detected the launch of a ballistic missile by the militia…”