Houthi ballistic missile and drone attack on Riyadh · 28 March 2020
General / Civil Defense in Riyadh region: two civilians lightly injured by falling debris from a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia at the city of Riyadh
عام / الدفاع المدني بمنطقة الرياض: إصابة مدنيين اثنين إصابات طفيفة إثر تناثر شظايا صاروخ باليستي أطلقته مليشيا الحوثي الإرهابية على مدينة الرياض (machine translation)
- Date
- 28 March 2020 · 4 Sha'ban 1441 AH
- Place
- Riyadh
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile, Drone, Projectile
- Outcome
- Intercepted, debris fell
- Killed / injured
- 2 injured
- Victims
- Nationality not stated: 2 injured
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept and destroy two ballistic missiles launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdomعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض وتدمر صاروخين بالستيين أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 04 Sha'ban 1441 AH corresponding to 28 March 2020 AD SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that the Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed at (23:23) on…”
- General / Civil Defense in Riyadh region: two civilians lightly injured by falling debris from a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia at the city of Riyadhعام / الدفاع المدني بمنطقة الرياض: إصابة مدنيين اثنين إصابات طفيفة إثر تناثر شظايا صاروخ باليستي أطلقته مليشيا الحوثي الإرهابية على مدينة الرياض (machine translation)
“Riyadh 04 Sha'ban 1441 AH corresponding to 28 March 2020 AD SPA The media spokesman for the Civil Defense in the Riyadh region, Colonel Mohammed Al-Hamadi, explained that Civil Defense teams in Riyadh city responded on Saturday evening (28 March 2020 AD) to the incident of falling fragments of a missile…”
- Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept and destroy two ballistic missiles launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdomقيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض وتدمر صاروخين بالستيين أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من ايران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that the Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed at (23:23) on the evening of Saturday (28 March 2020) two ballistic missiles launched by…”
- Civil Defense in Riyadh region: two civilians lightly injured by falling debris from a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia at the city of Riyadh.الدفاع المدني بمنطقة الرياض: إصابة مدنيين اثنين إصابات طفيفة إثر تناثر شظايا صاروخ باليستي أطلقته مليشيا الحوثي الإرهابية على مدينة الرياض. (machine translation)
“Civil Defense in the Riyadh region: Two civilians injured with minor injuries after fragments of a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia at Riyadh city scattered. https://t.co/MIIXhTuiUI”
- Civil Defense in Riyadh on Saturday evening responded to the incident of falling debris from a ballistic missile after it was intercepted and destroyed; it was launched toward the capital Riyadh and the debris scattered over neighborho…باشر مدني #الرياض مساء السبت حادثة سقوط شظايا صاروخ باليستي بعد اعتراضه وتدميره ،تم إطلاقه باتجاه العاصمة الرياض وقد تناثرت الشظايا على أحيا… (machine translation)
“Civil Defense in Riyadh responded on Saturday evening to the incident of falling fragments of a ballistic missile after it was intercepted and destroyed; it had been launched toward the capital Riyadh, and the fragments scattered over residential neighborhoods in separate locations, causing one of the fragments to injure two civilians with injuries…”
- Saudi forces intercept ballistic missiles over Riyadh and Jazan; 2 civilians injured by falling debris
“RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s air defense forces shot down ballistic missiles toward Riyadh and the southern city of Jazan late on Saturday. Col. Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led Arab coalition helping Yemen's…”
- Breaking Saudi: Coalition confirms intercepting and destroying a ballistic missile in the sky over Riyadh.#عاجل_السعودية | #التحالف يؤكد اعتراض وتدمير صاروخ باليستي في سماء #الرياض. (machine translation)
“Breaking: Saudi Arabia | The Coalition confirms the interception and destruction of a ballistic missile in the sky over Riyadh. https://t.co/4TrJ8EVUQS”
- 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…”
- Saudi forces intercept ballistic missiles over Riyadh and Jazan
“RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s air defense forces shot down ballistic missiles toward Riyadh and the southern city of Jazan late on Saturday. Col. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Arab coalition helping Yemen's legitimate…”
- Arab and international condemnations of the Houthis launching two missiles at Saudi Arabiaإدانات عربية ودولية لإطلاق الحوثيين صاروخين على السعودية (machine translation)
“The Houthi terrorist attack on Saudi Arabia by launching two missiles at the cities of Riyadh and Jazan met with a wave of Arab and international condemnation and denunciation. Kuwait condemned the Houthi aggression, and a responsible source in the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed condemnation of…”
- Saudi defenses destroy two ballistic missiles that targeted Riyadh and Jazanالدفاعات السعودية تدمر صاروخين باليستيين استهدفا الرياض وجازان (machine translation)
“The Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted, on the evening of yesterday (Saturday), two ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia from Sanaa and Saada toward civilian objects and civilians in the Kingdom. The official spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy forces explained…”
- Coalition airstrikes hit the coupists' ballistic capabilitiesغارات للتحالف تضرب قدرات الانقلابيين الباليستية (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen struck qualitative military targets in several Yemeni areas; foremost among them Sanaa and Al-Hudaydah governorate, which the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militias take as places to store ballistic capabilities that threaten the lives of…”
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