Houthi drone attack on Southern region · 22 August 2020
General / 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
عام / 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
- 22 August 2020 · 3 Muharram 1442 AH
- Place
- Southern region
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / 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 Kingdomعام / 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 03 Muharram 1442 AH corresponding to 22 August 2020 AD SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that the Joint Coalition Forces were able - praise be to God - this evening (Saturday) to…”
- Arab coalition destroys Houthi drone, ballistic missile launched toward Saudi Arabia
“RIYADH: The Arab coalition intercepted and destroyed an armed drone and a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The explosive-laden drone attempted to target the Kingdom’s southern…”
- The Coalition: Destruction of a drone and a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabiaالتحالف: تدمير «مسيّرة» و«باليستي» أطلقهما الحوثيون باتجاه السعودية (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen today (Saturday) destroyed a "booby-trapped" drone and a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia. The official spokesman for the Coalition, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, stated that "the Joint Forces were able this evening…”
- The Arab Parliament condemns the targeting by the Houthi militia of civilians in Saudi Arabiaالبرلمان العربي يدين استهداف «ميليشيا الحوثي» للمدنيين في السعودية (machine translation)
“The President of the Arab Parliament, Mishaal bin Fahm al-Sulami, condemned in "the strongest terms" the launching by the "Houthi coup militia" of a booby-trapped drone toward civilians in the southern region of Saudi Arabia, and the launching of a ballistic missile in a deliberate manner to target civilians…”
- #UPDATE: The explosive-laden drone attempted to target #SaudiArabia's southern region while the ballistic missile was headed toward Jazan
“#UPDATE: The explosive-laden drone attempted to target #SaudiArabia's southern region while the ballistic missile was headed toward Jazan https://t.co/Aseej3lNYd”