Houthi drone and missile (type not stated) attack on Place not stated · 29 January 2020
Saudi Air Defenses Thwarted Attack on Aramco
- Date
- 29 January 2020 · 4 Jumada al-Akhirah 1441 AH
- Place
- Place not stated
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Missile (type not stated), Drone
- 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)
- Saudi Air Defenses Thwarted Attack on Aramco
- Houthis announce shelling of Aramco and sensitive Saudi targets, and Riyadh announces foiling of the attacksالحوثيون يعلنون قصف أرامكو وأهداف سعودية حساسة والرياض تعلن إحباط الهجمات (machine translation)
“The Houthi group announced it targeted Aramco in Jazan and sensitive targets deep inside Saudi Arabia, and said it took control of areas in Marib, al-Jawf and Nihm, in response to what it described as aggression, while Saudi officials announced foiling attacks on Aramco. The spokesman said…”
- Houthis announce escalation in Al-Jawf and Marib and target Saudi depthالحوثيون يعلنون تصعيدا بالجوف ومأرب ويستهدفون العمق السعودي (machine translation)
“Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for the Houthi group, said the "al-Bunyan al-Marsous" operation enabled the "liberation" of the Nihm district east of the capital Sanaa after direct clashes with the forces of the Riyadh-led Coalition, confirming the targeting of Saudi depth with several attacks…”