Houthi drone attack on Southern region · 11 February 2021
Political / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Interception and destruction of a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom
سياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران تجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 11 February 2021 · 29 Jumada al-Akhirah 1442 AH
- Place
- Southern region
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (3 reports in all)
- Political / Joint Forces Command of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": Interception and destruction of a (booby-trapped) drone launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdomسياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن": اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار (مفخخة) أطلقتها الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران تجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh, 29 Jumada al-Akhirah 1442 AH, corresponding to 11 February 2021 AD, SPA: The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen," Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, stated that the joint Coalition forces were able - praise be to God - this evening (Thursday)…”
- Arab coalition intercepts 2 Houthi drones, ballistic missile launched toward Saudi Arabia
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- International momentum for a Yemeni solution... a "ceasefire" collides with the Houthis' escalationالزخم الدولي للحل اليمني... «وقف نار» يصطدم بتصعيد الحوثيين (machine translation)
“The Yemeni file witnessed, over the past two days, diplomatic attention and notable military events, coming less than a week after the new US administration announced its support for the political process and its appointment of a special envoy to Yemen. US Envoy Tim…”