Houthi drone attack on Place not stated · 4 September 2020
Political / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": interception and destruction of a booby-trapped drone in Yemeni airspace launched by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia
سياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار "مفخخة" بالأجواء اليمنية أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران (machine translation)
- Date
- 4 September 2020 · 16 Muharram 1442 AH
- Place
- Place not stated
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Political / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": interception and destruction of a booby-trapped drone in Yemeni airspace launched by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militiaسياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار "مفخخة" بالأجواء اليمنية أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران (machine translation)
“Riyadh 16 Muharram 1442 AH corresponding to 04 September 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 (Friday) to intercept…”
- Coalition destroys a booby-trapped drone in Yemeni airspace launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia«التحالف» يدمّر «مسيّرة مفخخة» بالأجواء اليمنية أطلقها الحوثيون نحو السعودية (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, announced that the joint Coalition forces were able on the evening of today (Friday) to intercept and destroy a (booby-trapped) drone in Yemeni airspace launched by the Houthi militia…”