Houthi drone attack on Abha International Airport, Abha · 23 December 2021
Coalition: A booby-trapped drone that tried to target Abha International Airport was destroyed
«التحالف»: تدمير طائرة مسيرة مفخخة حاولت استهداف مطار أبها الدولي (machine translation)
- Date
- 23 December 2021 · 19 Jumada al-Ula 1443 AH
- Place
- Abha International Airport, Abha
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Drone
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (13 reports in all)
- Breaking: Coalition: A booby-trapped drone that tried to target Abha International Airport was destroyed.#عاجل التحالف: تدمير طائرة مسيّرة مفخخة حاولت استهداف مطار أبها الدولي. (machine translation)
“Breaking Coalition: A booby-trapped drone that tried to target Abha International Airport was destroyed. https://t.co/vtG051MHVb”
- Coalition: A booby-trapped drone that tried to target Abha International Airport was destroyed«التحالف»: تدمير طائرة مسيرة مفخخة حاولت استهداف مطار أبها الدولي (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced today (Thursday) the destruction of a booby-trapped drone that tried to target Abha International Airport. It revealed that fragments of the drone that was shot down were scattered around Abha Airport without any injuries. It also confirmed that the source of the threat was identified and work is underway to…”
- Coalition directs precise strikes at centers of gravity of the Houthi movement«التحالف» يوجّه ضربات دقيقة لمراكز ثقل الحركة الحوثية (machine translation)
“The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen continues its immediate response by neutralizing sources of threat and carrying out precise strikes on legitimate military targets in the capital, Sanaa, at the same time as it announced the destruction of a drone in the vicinity of Abha Airport, in southern Saudi Arabia, without any…”
- 12 civilians injured in a Houthi terrorist attack on Abha Airportإصابة 12 مدنياً في اعتداء إرهابي حوثي على مطار أبها (machine translation)
“Saudi Royal Air Defense intercepted yesterday, Thursday, a hostile cross-border act using a Houthi drone rigged with explosives that targeted Abha International Airport, injuring 12 civilians of several nationalities after fragments scattered as a result of the interception.…”
- #BREAKING: Arab coalition destroys #Houthi drone targeting #SaudiArabia’s #Abha airport: Al-Arabiya
“#BREAKING: Arab coalition destroys #Houthi drone targeting #SaudiArabia’s #Abha airport: Al-Arabiya https://t.co/JIPpbmKwih https://t.co/8BDPI6Fscu”