Houthi drone attack on Southern region · 7 September 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 Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia toward the Kingdom
عام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن" : اعتراض وتدمير طائرة دون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من ايران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 7 September 2020 · 19 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 Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia toward the Kingdomعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن" : اعتراض وتدمير طائرة دون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من ايران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 18 Muharram 1442 AH corresponding to 06 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 morning of today (Monday) to intercept…”
- Coalition destroys a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom«التحالف» يدمر «مسيّرة مفخخة» أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“The joint forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen destroyed today (Monday) a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia towards the Kingdom. The official spokesman for the forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen explained…”