Houthi drone attack on Southern region · 30 August 2020
General / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": interception and destruction of a drone (booby-trapped) launched by the terrorist Houthi militia backed by Iran toward the Kingdom
عام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران تجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 30 August 2020 · 11 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": interception and destruction of a drone (booby-trapped) launched by the terrorist Houthi militia backed by Iran toward the Kingdomعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران تجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 11 Muharram 1442 AH corresponding to 30 August 2020 AD SPA The official spokesman for the forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that the joint Coalition forces were able - praise be to God - on the evening of today (Sunday) to intercept…”
- Arab coalition intercepts Houthi drone targeting Saudi Arabia
“- Earlier in August, the coalition intercepted and destroyed two armed drones DUBAI: A Houthi drone targeting civilians in Saudi Arabia’s southern region was intercepted and destroyed by the Arab coalition, spokesman…”
- Coalition destroys a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabiaالتحالف يدمر طائرة مسيرة مفخخة أطلقها الحوثيون نحو السعودية (machine translation)
“The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" announced the interception and destruction of a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia towards the Kingdom. The official spokesman for the forces of the Coalition "Coalition…”
- Coalition destroys a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabiaالتحالف يدمر «مسيّرة مفخخة» أطلقها الحوثيون نحو السعودية (machine translation)
“The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition, "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen", announced yesterday (Sunday) the interception and destruction of a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia. Colonel Turki…”