Houthi cruise missile attack on Al-Shuqaiq · 20 March 2022
General / Water Desalination: The terrorist attack by the Houthis did not affect desalinated water supplies
عام / "تحلية المياه": الاعتداء الإرهابي من قبل الحوثي لم يؤثر على إمدادات المياه المحلاة (machine translation)
- Date
- 20 March 2022 · 17 Sha'ban 1443 AH
- Place
- Al-Shuqaiq
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Cruise missile
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (10 reports in all)
- General / Command of the Joint Forces of the Coalition: The Houthis' hostile attacks targeting civilian objects and economic facilities express the militia's position toward the call for consultations and comprehensive peace initiativesعام / قيادة القوات المشتركة للتحالف : هجمات الحوثيين العدائية لاستهداف الأعيان المدنية و المنشآت الاقتصادية تعبر عن موقف المليشيا تجاه دعوة المشاورات ومبادرات السلام الشاملة (machine translation)
“Riyadh, 17 Sha'ban 1443 AH, corresponding to 20 March 2022 AD, SPA: The official spokesman for the Coalition forces "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen," Brigadier General Turki Al-Malki, stated that the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia escalated last night and at dawn today…”
- General / Water Desalination: The terrorist attack by the Houthis did not affect desalinated water suppliesعام / "تحلية المياه": الاعتداء الإرهابي من قبل الحوثي لم يؤثر على إمدادات المياه المحلاة (machine translation)
“Riyadh, 17 Sha'ban 1443 AH, corresponding to 20 March 2022 AD, SPA: An official source at the Saline Water Conversion Corporation stated that the terrorist attack by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi group targeting the desalination system…”
- Video | Coalition: A hostile attack targeted the water desalination plant in Al-Shaqiq and the Aramco facility in Jazanفيديو | التحالف: هجوم عدائي استهدف محطة تحلية المياه بالشقيق ومنشأة أرامكو بجازان #الإخبارية (machine translation)
“Video | The Coalition: A hostile attack targeted the desalination plant in Al-Shaqiq and the Aramco facility in Jazan https://t.co/3fe9hJTTZY”
- Widespread condemnations of the Houthi militias' targeting of civilians in Saudi Arabiaإدانات واسعة لاستهداف الميليشيات الحوثية المدنيين في السعودية (machine translation)
“Many states and Arab, Islamic and international organizations condemned the targeting by the Houthi terrorist militia of civilians and civilian objects in Saudi Arabia, affirming their support for all measures and procedures the Kingdom takes to preserve its security…”
- Houthi attacks on 6 Saudi cities... and the Coalition considers them a rejection of the Gulf invitationاعتداءات حوثية على 6 مدن سعودية... و«التحالف» يعدّها رفضاً للدعوة الخليجية (machine translation)
“The Houthis targeted a number of vital facilities and civilian areas with drones, ballistic missiles, and a cruise missile (Iranian) in 6 Saudi cities on Saturday evening and at dawn on Sunday, and Saudi air defenses successfully intercepted them. Brigadier…”
- #BREAKING: Houthi militias used Iranian-made cruise missiles to attack a desalination plant in Al Shuqaiq, south-west Saudi Arabia: Al Arabi…
“#BREAKING: Houthi militias used Iranian-made cruise missiles to attack a desalination plant in Al Shuqaiq, south-west Saudi Arabia: Al Arabiya https://t.co/NL3zYBprZb https://t.co/N7sFaPI36p”