Houthi drone attack on Abha · 27 March 2020
General / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Joint Coalition forces intercept and shoot down drones "unmanned aircraft" launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom
عام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": قوات التحالف المشتركة تعترض وتسقط طائرات بدون طيار "مسيّرة" أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 27 March 2020 · 3 Sha'ban 1441 AH
- Place
- Abha
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Joint Coalition forces intercept and shoot down drones "unmanned aircraft" launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdomعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": قوات التحالف المشتركة تعترض وتسقط طائرات بدون طيار "مسيّرة" أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 02 Sha'ban 1441 AH corresponding to 26 March 2020 AD 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 Friday morning, to intercept and destroy…”
- Political / Colonel Al-Malki: The Kingdom is strong with its leadership and people.. and the Houthi militias are trying to exploit the world's preoccupation with confronting the coronavirus pandemicسياسي / العقيد المالكي: المملكة قوية بقيادتها وشعبها.. وميليشيات الحوثي تحاول استغلال انشغال العالم بمواجهة جائحة كورونا (machine translation)
“Riyadh 05 Sha'ban 1441 AH corresponding to 29 March 2020 AD SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki affirmed that the targeting carried out by the terrorist Houthi militia last night, Saturday, by launching…”
- Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi drones
“Saudi-led coalition forces intercepted and destroyed unmanned drones launched early Friday morning by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen toward civilians in the Saudi cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait, said…”
- Video | Coalition destroys drones launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the cities of Abha and Khamis Mushaitفيديو | التحالف يدمر طائرات بدون طيار أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية باتجاه مدينتي #أبها و #خميس_مشيط #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Video | The Coalition destroys drones launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait News https://t.co/To0DfValHV”
- Summary | Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: intercepting and destroying drones of the Houthi militia.. the destroyed drones were launched by the Houthi militias tow…#مجمل_القول | تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن: اعتراض وتدمير طائرات مسيرة لميليشيا الحوثي.. الطائرات المسيرة المدمرة أطلقتها ميليشيات الحوثي بإتج… (machine translation)
“Summary | Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: intercepting and destroying drones of the Houthi militia.. The destroyed drones were launched by the Houthi militias toward Abha and Khamis Mushait. @MujmalAlqawl https://t.co/TGhFYDI6xI”
- Coalition intercepts Houthi drones in the sky over Abha and Khamis Mushait«التحالف» يعترض مسيّرات حوثية في سماء أبها وخميس مشيط (machine translation)
“The command of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen forces intercepted and destroyed yesterday drones launched by the Houthi militia toward civilian objects in the cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait. Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the official spokesman for the forces…”
- Saudi Arabia intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis over Riyadhالسعودية تعترض صاروخاً باليستياً أطلقه الحوثي فوق الرياض (machine translation)
“Saudi air defenses intercepted yesterday a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militias toward Saudi territory. Preliminary information indicated that the ballistic missile was intercepted in the sky over the city of Riyadh, and parts of it fell on residential neighborhoods, from…”
- Coalition: intercepting and destroying drones launched by the Houthi militia toward civilian objects in the city of Abha and the city of Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia#التحالف: اعتراض وتدمير طائرات بدون طيار أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية باتجاه الأعيان المدنية بمدينة #أبها ومدينة خميس مشيط في #السعودية #العربي… (machine translation)
“Coalition: intercepting and destroying drones launched by the Houthi militia toward civilian objects in the city of Abha and the city of Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia https://t.co/MWWxKPpqIZ Al Arabiya”
- Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: destroying drones launched by the Houthi militias toward the cities of Abha and Khamis Mushaitتحالف دعم الشرعية في #اليمن: تدمير طائرات مسيرة أطلقتها الميليشيات الحوثية باتجاه مدينتي أبها وخميس مشيط #العربية #أن_تعرف_أكثر (machine translation)
“Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: destroying drones launched by the Houthi militias toward the cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait Al Arabiya Know More https://t.co/9BMFC2BJRb”
- Houthis launch air attacks on Saudi capital
“Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles towards the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, and southern areas near the Yemeni border on Saturday night. The attacks, which were intercepted by Saudi air…”
- Msia condemns missile attacks by Houthi rebels in Saudi Arabia
“M'sia condemns missile attacks by Houthi rebels in Saudi Arabia Malaysia has strongly condemned the missile attacks launched by the Houthi rebels towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 27 and 28. The Foreign…”