Houthi ballistic missile and projectile attack on Taif · 20 May 2019
Houthis announce targeting Najran airport with a drone
الحوثيون يعلنون استهداف مطار نجران بطائرة مسيرة (machine translation)
- Date
- 20 May 2019 · 15 Ramadan 1440 AH
- Place
- Taif
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile, Projectile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Reported by several sources
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Sources (3 reports in all)
- Houthis announce targeting Najran airport with a droneالحوثيون يعلنون استهداف مطار نجران بطائرة مسيرة (machine translation)
“Al-Masirah channel, affiliated with the Houthi group, reported today, Tuesday, that the group targeted an arms depot at Najran Airport in Saudi Arabia, resulting in a fire at the site. Earlier, the Saudi-Emirati Coalition said that the Houthis…”
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