Houthi drone attack on Asir · 15 June 2020
General / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": The Joint Coalition Forces intercept and down a number of "booby-trapped" drones 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 عدداً من الطائرات دون طيار "المفخخة" أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 15 June 2020 · 23 Shawwal 1441 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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- General / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": The Joint Coalition Forces intercept and down a number of "booby-trapped" drones 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 عدداً من الطائرات دون طيار "المفخخة" أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 23 Shawwal 1441 AH corresponding to 15 June 2020 SPA In follow-up to the statement issued by the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition regarding the attempt by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia to target civilians and civilian objects in the city of (Khamis Mushait)…”
- The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" stated that the joint Coalition forces were able this evening - praise be to God - to intercept and down…فقد صرح المتحدث الرسمي باسم قوات التحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن" بأن قوات التحالف المشتركة تمكنت مساء اليوم -ولله الحمد- من اعتراض واسق… (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen" stated that the Joint Coalition forces were able this evening - praise be to God - to intercept and down a number of (booby-trapped) drones launched by the terrorist Houthi militia…”
- The Coalition: Destruction of 357 Houthi drones launched toward Saudi Arabia«التحالف»: تدمير 357 «مسيّرة» حوثية أُطلقت باتجاه السعودية (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen revealed today (Monday) that the total number of drones that were launched towards Saudi Arabia and were downed and destroyed reached 357 drones. The official spokesman for the Coalition, Staff Colonel Turki, stated that…”
- The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf, condemned the Houthi militias launching booby-trapped drones toward the Kingd…أدان معالي الأمين العام لمجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية الدكتور نايف الحجرف، إطلاق الميليشيات الحوثية طائرات مفخخة بدون طيار باتجاه المملك… (machine translation)
“His Excellency the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf, condemned the launch by the Houthi militias of booby-trapped drones towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, targeting civilians in the Asir region. Saudi News…”
- Arab Coalition intercepts Houthi missile targeting Saudi Arabia’s Najran
“- The Iran-backed militants have targeted Saudi Arabia with 313 ballistic missiles and 357 drones - The coalition foiled another Houthi attack on Najran on Saturday DUBAI: Arab Coalition said they have intercepted a…”
- Video | Al-Ekhbariya correspondent from Abha: The Houthi terrorist attacks have failed.. and the situation in Asir region is proceeding normally and smoothlyفيديو | مراسل #الإخبارية من #أبها: الاعتداءات الحوثية الإرهابية باءت بالفشل.. والوضع في منطقة #عسير يسير بشكلٍ طبيعي وسلس (machine translation)
“Video | Al-Ekhbariya correspondent from Abha: The terrorist Houthi attacks failed.. and the situation in the Asir region is proceeding normally and smoothly https://t.co/QlS2k74knM”