Houthi drone attack on Southern region · 12 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
- 12 February 2021 · 30 Jumada al-Akhirah 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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- 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, 30 Jumada al-Akhirah 1442 AH, corresponding to 12 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 - at dawn today (Friday)…”
- "The Coalition" destroys a booby-trapped Houthi drone launched toward Saudi Arabia«التحالف» يدمّر «مسيّرة» حوثية مفخخة أطلقت باتجاه السعودية (machine translation)
“The forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen destroyed, today (Friday), a booby-trapped Houthi drone that was launched toward Saudi Arabia. The official spokesman for the Coalition forces, Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, stated that "the joint Coalition forces were able at dawn…”