Houthi ballistic missile and drone attack on Najran · 20 August 2020
Politics / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Joint Coalition forces intercept and destroy a "booby-trapped" drone and (1) ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia toward the Kingdom
سياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": قوات التحالف المشتركة تعترض وتدمر طائرة بدون طيار "مفخخة" وعدد (1) صاروخ بالستي أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 20 August 2020 · 1 Muharram 1442 AH
- Place
- Najran
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile, Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Politics / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Joint Coalition forces intercept and destroy a "booby-trapped" drone and (1) ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia toward the Kingdomسياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": قوات التحالف المشتركة تعترض وتدمر طائرة بدون طيار "مفخخة" وعدد (1) صاروخ بالستي أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 1 Muharram 1442 AH corresponding to 20 August 2020 AD SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen", Colonel Staff Turki al-Maliki, stated that the Joint Coalition forces were able - praise be to God - this evening, Thursday, to intercept…”
- The Coalition: Destruction of two booby-trapped drones and a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia«التحالف»: تدمير «مسيّرتين» مفخختين و«باليستي» أطلقها الحوثيون باتجاه السعودية (machine translation)
“The forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen intercepted today (Thursday) two "booby-trapped" drones and a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia. The official spokesman for the Coalition, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, stated that "the Coalition forces…”
- The Coalition: Destruction of a "booby-trapped" drone and a "Houthi ballistic missile" toward the Kingdom« التحالف »: تدمير طائرة مسيرة « مفخخة » و « بالستي حوثي » باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“The spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen forces, Colonel Staff Turki al-Maliki, announced that the Joint Coalition forces were able this evening (Thursday) to intercept and destroy a "booby-trapped" drone that was heading toward civilians and civilian objects in the region…”
- Joint Coalition forces intercepted and destroyed a "booby-trapped" drone and a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia toward Najran…قوات التحالف المشتركة اعترضت ودمرت طائره بدون طيار "مفخخة" وصاروخ بالستي اطلقتهما الميليشيا الحوثية المدعومة من #إيران باتجاه #نجران #العربي… (machine translation)
“The Joint Coalition Forces intercepted and destroyed a "booby-trapped" drone and a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia toward Najran https://t.co/VxGeYq2oyH Al Arabiya”