Houthi drone attack on Southern region · 28 August 2020
Politics / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": interception and destruction of a drone "booby-trapped" toward the Kingdom
سياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار"مفخخة" باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 28 August 2020 · 9 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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- Politics / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": interception and destruction of a drone "booby-trapped" toward the Kingdomسياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار"مفخخة" باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 09 Muharram 1442 AH corresponding to 28 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 morning (Friday) to intercept…”
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