Houthi explosive boat attack on Red Sea · 23 January 2021
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- Date
- 23 January 2021 · 10 Jumada al-Akhirah 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 (4 reports in all)
- Interception and destruction of a hostile aerial target that targeted Riyadhاعتراض وتدمير هدف جوي معادٍ استهدف الرياض (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced that Saudi air defenses today (Saturday) intercepted a hostile aerial target launched toward the capital Riyadh. The Coalition had announced yesterday that it foiled two terrorist operations the Houthi militias attempted to carry out, and was able to…”
- Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen intercepts a booby-trapped boat launched by the Houthi coup militia toward Saudi Arabia to target economic facilities and commercial ships…تحالف #دعم_الشرعية في #اليمن يعترض زورقا مفخخا أطلقته ميليشيا الحوثي الانقلابية باتجاه #السعودية لاستهداف منشآت اقتصادية وسفن تجارية #العربي… (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen intercepts a booby-trapped boat launched by the Houthi coup militia toward Saudi Arabia to target economic facilities and commercial ships Al Arabiya https://t.co/8SBRitRDwA”
- We can escape a zero-sum struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia – if we act now
“Biden’s presidency is a chance to build on our existing cooperation, say Gulf Research Center chair Abdulaziz Sager and former Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian Back in May 2019, we – an Iranian former diplomat and a…”
- Saudi - led forces thwart air attack on Riyadh - Saudi TV
“The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi movement said it had thwarted an attack towards the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Saturday, Saudi state television reported, but the Iran-aligned group denied any…”