Houthi explosive boat attack on Red Sea · 12 November 2020
Saudi Arabia announces it confronted Houthi attacks with a drone and two booby-trapped boats
السعودية تعلن التصدي لهجمات حوثية بمسيرة وزورقين مفخخين (machine translation)
- Date
- 12 November 2020 · 26 Rabi' al-Awwal 1442 AH
- Place
- Red Sea
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Explosive boat
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Reported by Saudi media
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Sources (2 reports in all)
- Attacks and incidents targeting ships and oil facilities in and around Saudi Arabiaهجمات وحوادث استهدفت سفناً ومنشآت نفط في السعودية وحولها (machine translation)
“Hafnia shipping company said today, Monday, that an unknown "external source" struck one of its oil tankers, causing an explosion and fire while the ship was unloading its cargo at the port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. For its part, Saudi Arabia announced that a ship was subjected to…”
- Saudi Arabia announces it confronted Houthi attacks with a drone and two booby-trapped boatsالسعودية تعلن التصدي لهجمات حوثية بمسيرة وزورقين مفخخين (machine translation)
“Saudi media reported that Saudi ground defenses shot down at dawn today, Thursday, an explosive-laden drone in Yemeni airspace that the Houthis launched toward the southern regions of the Kingdom. Saudi naval forces also intercepted two Houthi explosive-laden boats south of…”