Houthi drone attack on Southern region · 5 December 2021
Interception and destruction of a Houthi drone launched to target civilians in the Kingdom
اعتراض وتدمير مسيّرة حوثية أُطلقت لاستهداف المدنيين في المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 5 December 2021 · 1 Jumada al-Ula 1443 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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Sources (7 reports in all)
- Breaking: Saudi Arabia | The Coalition: interception and destruction of 4 drones that attempted to target the Southern Region.#عاجل_السعودية | التحالف: اعتراض وتدمير ٤ طائرات مسيّرة حاولت استهداف المنطقة الجنوبية. (machine translation)
“Breaking: Saudi Arabia | Coalition: Interception and destruction of 4 drones that tried to target the southern region. https://t.co/CjGbmw7asG”
- Saudi defenses destroy several drones launched by Yemen’s Houthis toward the Kingdom: Arab coalition
“- Bahrain strongly condemned the attack RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s air defenses destroyed Houthi drones targeting the Kingdom, the Arab coalition said early on Monday. The drones were shot down in Yemen before they could…”
- Interception and destruction of a Houthi drone launched to target civilians in the Kingdomاعتراض وتدمير مسيّرة حوثية أُطلقت لاستهداف المدنيين في المملكة (machine translation)
“The Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" announced today (Sunday) that Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone launched to target civilians in the Kingdom. Today, the "Coalition" was able to intercept and destroy 4 drones…”
- The Coalition destroys two drones in Yemeni airspace that were launched toward the Kingdom«التحالف» يدمّر مسيّرتين بالأجواء اليمنية أُطلقتا نحو المملكة (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced this morning (Monday) that Coalition air forces destroyed two drones in Yemeni airspace that had been launched toward the Kingdom. The "Coalition" affirmed that "in response to the threat and barbaric behavior, sources of threat will be dealt with firmly."…”