Houthi drone attack on Khamis Mushait · 18 February 2021
Politics / The 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
- 18 February 2021 · 6 Rajab 1442 AH
- Place
- Khamis Mushait
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Politics / The 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, 06 Rajab 1442 AH, corresponding to 18 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 morning (Thursday) to intercept…”
- The Coalition destroys a booby-trapped drone launched by the Houthis towards Saudi Arabia«التحالف» يدمّر «مسيّرة» مفخخة أطلقها الحوثيون باتجاه السعودية (machine translation)
“The forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen destroyed today (Thursday) a booby-trapped Houthi drone launched toward Saudi Arabia. The official spokesman for the Coalition forces, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, stated that "the joint Coalition forces were able this morning…”
- Coalition: Destruction of a drone launched by the Houthis toward Khamis Mushaitالتحالف: تدمير طائرة مسيرة أطلقها الحوثيون باتجاه خميس مشيط (machine translation)
- Arab coalition intercepts, destroys Houthi drone targeting Saudi Arabia
“- Spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said Thursday’s attack by the Houthis was another instance that constituted war crimes - Yemeni FM Mubarak stressed the need to pressure the Iranian regime to stop interfering in Yemen’s…”
- #BREAKING: Arab coalition intercepts and destroys drone launched by Yemen's #Houthi militia towards #KhamisMushait, southern Saudi Arabia
“#BREAKING: Arab coalition intercepts and destroys drone launched by Yemen's #Houthi militia towards #KhamisMushait, southern Saudi Arabia https://t.co/2uMZNYWUho https://t.co/2BTG44ZbHo”
- The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announces the interception and destruction of a drone launched by the Houthi militia toward Khamis Mushait, south of Saudi Arabiaتحالف دعم الشرعية في #اليمن يعلن اعتراض وتدمير طائرة بدون طيار أطلقتها المليشيا #الحوثيين باتجاه #خميس_مشيط جنوب #السعودية #العربية (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announces the interception and destruction of a drone launched by the Houthi militia toward Khamis Mushait in southern Saudi Arabia https://t.co/4F1pwGSMUo Al-Arabiya”
- For the second time in less than a day.. the Coalition to Support Legitimacy forces intercept and destroy a booby-trapped drone launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward Khamis Mushait, south of Saudi…للمرة الثانية في أقل من يوم.. قوات تحالف دعم الشرعية تعترض وتدمر مسيرة مفخخة أطلقتها ميليشيا الحوثي الإرهابية باتجاه خميس مشيط جنوب #السعودي… (machine translation)
“For the second time in less than a day.. the forces of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy intercept and destroy a booby-trapped drone launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward Khamis Mushait in southern Saudi Arabia Al-Arabiya https://t.co/AUg6odcYs4”