Houthi drone attack on Asir · 29 June 2019
Politics / Coalition forces intercept and shoot down a drone "unmanned aircraft" launched by the Houthi militia toward a residential area in Asir
سياسي / قوات التحالف تعترض وتسقط طائرة بدون طيار "مسيّرة" اطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية باتجاه منطقة سكنية في عسير (machine translation)
- Date
- 29 June 2019 · 26 Shawwal 1440 AH
- Place
- Asir
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Politics / Coalition forces intercept and shoot down a drone "unmanned aircraft" launched by the Houthi militia toward a residential area in Asirسياسي / قوات التحالف تعترض وتسقط طائرة بدون طيار "مسيّرة" اطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية باتجاه منطقة سكنية في عسير (machine translation)
“Riyadh 26 Shawwal 1440 AH corresponding to 29 June 2019 SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that the Coalition forces were able - praise be to God - this evening to intercept a second drone…”
- The Coalition downs two drones launched by the Houthi militia toward Jazan and Asir«التحالف» يسقط طائرتين مسيرتين أطلقتهما الميلشيا الحوثية تجاه جازان وعسير (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that the Coalition forces were able this evening (Saturday) to intercept and shoot down an unmanned drone launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia…”
- Arab coalition intercepts Houthi drones targeting Saudi Arabia
“- The Houthi militia targeted a civilian residential area in the southern province of Asir - The Iran-backed Houthis have increasingly used drones to target southern Saudi Arabia The Saudi-led Arab coalition intercepted…”
- Houthis: We bombed military sites at Abha and Jazan airports and disrupted movement at themالحوثيون: قصفنا مواقع عسكرية بمطاري أبها وجازان وعطلنا الحركة فيهما (machine translation)
“The Houthi group announced that on Saturday evening it attacked with drones military targets at Abha and Jazan airports in southern Saudi Arabia, causing air navigation at them to be disrupted, while the Saudi-Emirati Coalition said it shot down two Houthi drones. It added…”
- Saudi Arabia intercepts two Houthi drones launched into kingdom
“Saudi Arabia has intercepted two drones launched by Yemen‘s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, a Saudi-led coalition spokesman has said. The first drone targeted the province of Jizan, while the second was aimed at a…”