Houthi drone attack on Khamis Mushait · 28 February 2021
Politics / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": intercepted and destroyed "one" ballistic missile toward (Riyadh) and (6) "booby-trapped" drones launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom to target civilians and civilian objects
سياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن" : اعتراض وتدمير صاروخ بالستي "واحد" تجاه ( الرياض ) وعدد (6) طائرات دون طيار "مفخخة" أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران تجاه المملكة لاستهداف المدنيين والأعيان المدنية (machine translation)
- Date
- 28 February 2021 · 16 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 / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen": intercepted and destroyed "one" ballistic missile toward (Riyadh) and (6) "booby-trapped" drones launched by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia toward the Kingdom to target civilians and civilian objectsسياسي / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف "تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن" : اعتراض وتدمير صاروخ بالستي "واحد" تجاه ( الرياض ) وعدد (6) طائرات دون طيار "مفخخة" أطلقتها المليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية المدعومة من إيران تجاه المملكة لاستهداف المدنيين والأعيان المدنية (machine translation)
“Riyadh, 16 Rajab 1442 AH, corresponding to 28 February 2021 AD, SPA: The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen," Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, stated that the joint Coalition forces were able - praise be to God - on the evening of (Saturday) and the morning of Sunday…”
- Yemen Rebels Claim Saudi Strikes, Threaten New Attack
“Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday claimed the attempted strikes that targeted neighboring Saudi Arabia overnight and threatened more attacks, as fighting in the grinding civil war escalates. Houthi fighters…”
- Arab and international condemnation of the Houthis launching a military projectile at a border village in Saudi Arabiaتنديد عربي ودولي بإطلاق الحوثيين مقذوفاً عسكرياً على قرية حدودية بالسعودية (machine translation)
“Arab and international condemnation of the Houthis launching a military projectile at a border village in Saudi Arabia. Many countries condemned the Houthis launching a military projectile at a border village in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Egypt condemned in the strongest terms the Houthi militia's targeting…”