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Houthi drone attack on Southern region · 23 October 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 بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)

Date
23 October 2020 · 6 Rabi' al-Awwal 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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Sources (14 reports in all)

  1. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) · Saudi official · 23 October 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 بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
    “Riyadh, 6 Rabi' al-Awwal 1442 AH, corresponding to 23 October 2020 AD, SPA. The official spokesman for the forces of the Coalition "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)…”
  2. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) · Saudi official · 23 October 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 بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
    “Riyadh, 6 Rabi' al-Awwal 1442 AH, corresponding to 23 October 2020 AD, SPA. The official spokesman for the forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen," Colonel Staff Turki Al-Maliki, stated that the joint coalition forces were able — praise be to God — this evening (Friday)…”
  3. X: @saudiatv (قناة السعودية) · Saudi media · 23 October 2020
    Breaking: Saudi Arabia | Joint Forces Command of the Coalition, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Interception and destruction of a drone (booby-trapped) launched by the Houthi militia…
    #عاجل_السعودية | قيادة #القوات_المشتركة_للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في #اليمن: اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية … (machine translation)
    “Breaking: Saudi Arabia | The leadership of the Joint Forces of the Coalition, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: the interception and destruction of a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom.”
  4. Arab News · Saudi official (cited) · 23 October 2020
    Coalition destroy Houthi drone targeting Saudi Arabia
    “- The drone was targeting civilian areas in the south of the Kingdom - Saudi Arabia last week denounced the Houthi militia’s continued launch of drones targeting civilians in the Kingdom DUBAI: Saudi-led Arab coalition…”
  5. X: @saudiatv (قناة السعودية) · Saudi media · 23 October 2020
    Saudi News | The Coalition: Interception and destruction of a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthi militia towards the Kingdom.
    #أخبار_السعودية | التحالف: اعتراض وتدمير طائرة مفخخة أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة. (machine translation)
    “Saudi News | The Coalition: the interception and destruction of a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom. https://t.co/JfKQNLHXLr”
  6. X: @saudiatv (قناة السعودية) · Saudi media · 23 October 2020
    Breaking: Saudi Arabia | Joint Forces Command of the Coalition, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: Interception and destruction of a drone (booby-trapped) launched by the Houthi militia…
    #عاجل_السعودية | قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف تحالف دعم الشرعية في #اليمن: اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية ا… (machine translation)
    “Breaking: Saudi Arabia | The leadership of the Joint Forces of the Coalition, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen: the interception and destruction of a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom. https://t.co/aX2PXyniL5”
  7. X: @saudiatv (قناة السعودية) · Saudi media · 23 October 2020
    Saudi News | The Coalition: Interception and destruction of two booby-trapped drones launched by the Houthi militia towards the Kingdom.
    #أخبار_السعودية | التحالف: اعتراض وتدمير طائرتين مفخختين أطلقتهما المليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة. (machine translation)
    “Saudi News | The Coalition: the interception and destruction of two booby-trapped drones launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom. https://t.co/l4ohVxBcGB”
  8. X: @alekhbariyatv (قناة الإخبارية) · Saudi media · 23 October 2020
    Video | Interception and destruction of a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthi militia towards the Kingdom, Al-Ekhbariya
    فيديو | اعتراض وتدمير طائرة مفخخة أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية باتجاه #المملكة #الإخبارية (machine translation)
    “Video | The interception and destruction of a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom. Al-Ekhbariya https://t.co/WIWK0P5NYZ”
  9. X: @saudiatv (قناة السعودية) · Saudi media · 24 October 2020
    Breaking: Saudi Arabia | Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": interception and destruction of a drone (booby-trapped) launched by the Houthi militia…
    #عاجل_السعودية | قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية … (machine translation)
    “Breaking: Saudi Arabia | The leadership of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": the interception and destruction of a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom. https://t.co/BnN9GjnOrc”
  10. X: @saudiatv (قناة السعودية) · Saudi media · 24 October 2020
    Saudi News | Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": interception and destruction of a drone (booby-trapped) launched by the Houthi militia…
    #أخبار_السعودية | قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية… (machine translation)
    “Saudi News | The leadership of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": the interception and destruction of a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom. Saudi News in Sign Language…”
  11. X: @AlArabiya (العربية) · Saudi official (cited) · 23 October 2020
    The official spokesman for the forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Staff Turki al-Maliki, stated that the Joint Coalition forces were able, on Friday morning, to int…
    صرَّح المُتحدث الرسمي باسم قوات تحالف دعم الشرعية في #اليمن، العقيد الركن تركي المالكي، بأن قوات التحالف المشتركة تمكنت، صباح الجمعة، من اعت… (machine translation)
    “The official spokesman for the forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Staff Turki Al-Maliki, stated that the joint coalition forces were able, Friday morning, to intercept and destroy a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Houthi militias toward Saudi Arabia…”
  12. X: @arabnews (Arab News) · Saudi official (cited) · 23 October 2020
    #BREAKING: Saudi-led Arab coalition destroy drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis in direction of #SaudiArabia – Al-Ekhbariya TV
    “#BREAKING: Saudi-led Arab coalition destroy drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis in direction of #SaudiArabia – Al-Ekhbariya TV https://t.co/NMbPqYNr5c https://t.co/HWTP9i1HlG”

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