Houthi ballistic missile attack on Jazan · 8 August 2018
General / The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom, and a Yemeni resident was martyred as a result of the scattered fragments
عام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخًا باليستياً أطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية التابعة لإيران باتجاه المملكة واستشهاد مقيم يمني جراء تناثر الشظايا (machine translation)
- Date
- 8 August 2018 · 26 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1439 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted, debris fell
- Killed / injured
- 1 killed · 11 injured
- Victims
- Yemeni: 1 killed; Nationality not stated: 11 injured
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom, and a Yemeni resident was martyred as a result of the scattered fragmentsعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن : قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخًا باليستياً أطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية التابعة لإيران باتجاه المملكة واستشهاد مقيم يمني جراء تناثر الشظايا (machine translation)
“Jeddah, 26 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1439 AH, corresponding to 8 August 2018, SPA: The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen," Colonel Turki al-Maliki, stated that at exactly eight thirty-four (2034) in the evening, the forces monitored…”
- Breaking: Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia at Jazan Al-Ekhbariyaعاجل | قوات الدفاع الجوي تعترض صاروخاً باليستياً أطلقته ميليشيا الحوثي على جازان #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Breaking: Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia at Jazan Al-Ekhbariya”
- Breaking: Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia at Jazan. Al-Saudi TVعاجل | قوات #الدفاع_الجوي تعترض صاروخاً باليستياً أطلقته ميليشيا الحوثي على #جازان. #قناة_السعودية (machine translation)
“Breaking: Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia at Jazan. Al-Saudi TV”
- Air defenses intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militias toward Jazan Al-Ekhbariyaالدفاعات الجوية تعترض صاروخا باليستيا أطلقته الميليشيات الحوثية باتجاه جازان #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Air defenses intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militias toward Jazan Al-Ekhbariya https://t.co/V9TA8VwlTC”
- Saudi Air Defense intercepts a Houthi missile that targeted Jazanالدفاع الجوي السعودي يعترض صاروخاً حوثياً استهدف جازان (machine translation)
“Saudi Air Defense today (Wednesday) intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemeni territory toward Jazan (southern Saudi Arabia). The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen," Colonel Turki al-Maliki, stated that "at…”
- Breaking: Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Targeting the Houthi elements responsible for launching the ballistic missile at Jazan last night Al-Ekhbariyaعاجل | تحالف دعم الشرعية في #اليمن: استهداف العناصر الحوثية المسؤولة عن إطلاق الصاروخ الباليستي على #جازان ليلة البارحة #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Breaking: Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Targeting the Houthi elements responsible for launching the ballistic missile at Jazan last night Al-Ekhbariya”
- Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Targeting the terrorist Houthi elements responsible for launching the ballistic missile at Jazan last night. Al-Ekhbariyaتحالف دعم الشرعية في #اليمن: استهداف العناصر الحوثية الإرهابية المسؤولة عن إطلاق الصاروخ الباليستي على #جازان ليلة البارحة. #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: targeting the terrorist Houthi elements responsible for launching the ballistic missile at Jazan last night. Al-Ekhbariya https://t.co/NkGRFtscLR https://t.co/E0QZKn94YI”
- "A Coalition operation" on Saada targets those who launched the "ballistic" missiles at Jazan«عملية للتحالف» على صعدة تستهدف مطلقي «الباليستي» على جازان (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen command announced that the strikes on Saada targeted the terrorist Houthi elements responsible for launching the ballistic missile at Jazan last night. The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in…”
- "The Coalition" vows to hold accountable those who launched the Houthi missiles and those who planned them«التحالف» يتوعد بمحاسبة مطلقي الصواريخ الحوثية والمخططين لها (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen pledged that the launchers of the Houthi ballistic missiles that target civilians and harm regional and international security "will be held to account," as it announced targeting in Saada governorate, yesterday, the elements that planned and carried out the targeting of…”
- Coalition targets the launchers of the Houthi missilesالتحالف يستهدف مطلقي صواريخ «الحوثي» (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced that yesterday in Saada governorate it targeted the elements that planned and carried out the targeting of the Jazan area (southern Saudi Arabia) with a ballistic missile the day before yesterday, whose shrapnel, after Saudi Air Defense forces intercepted it, caused "the martyrdom of a resident…”
- Saudi Arabia: Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis at Jazan Al-Arabiyaالسعودية: اعتراض وتدمير باليستي أطلقه الحوثيون على جازان #العربية (machine translation)
“Saudi Arabia: interception and destruction of a ballistic [missile] launched by the Houthis at Jazan https://t.co/WsJaUSxbql”
- #BREAKING Saudi Air Force intercepts ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias in Yemen towards Jazan
“#BREAKING Saudi Air Force intercepts ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias in Yemen towards Jazan https://t.co/OjrLeFaoJL”
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