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Saudi Forces Reportedly Thwart Houthi-Launched Drone Attack in Southwest of Kingdom
Saudi Forces Reportedly Thwart Houthi-Launched Drone Attack in Southwest of Kingdom
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Over the past several months, Saudi Arabia has been a regular target of, mostly unsuccessful, drone attacks by Houthi rebels, who launch drones and... 22.06.2021, Sputnik International
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Saudi Forces Reportedly Thwart Houthi-Launched Drone Attack in Southwest of Kingdom
15:47 GMT 22.06.2021 (Updated: 05:52 GMT 16.07.2023) Over the past several months, Saudi Arabia has been a regular target of, mostly unsuccessful, drone attacks by Houthi rebels, who launch drones and explosive-laden boats towards the kingdom in response to strikes by the Saudi-led coalition against the militants.
Saudi air defences have shot down an explosive-laden drone launched by Houthi rebels towards the kingdom’s city of Khamis Mushait, Saudi state TV reported.
The botched attack comes just two days after a representative for the Houthi movement reported that the group had destroyed a US-made drone in the Sirvah region of Yemen's northern province of Marib.
Drone attacks against Saudi Arabia have been a regular occurrence over the past months. Most of the attacks have been successfully foiled by coalition forces.
The cross-border hostilities come against the backdrop of a civil war that broke out in 2014 in Yemen and continues to rage in the country to this day.
A coalition of several Arab states, led by Riyadh, joined the conflict in 2015 at the request of the country's President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who fled to Riyadh in March 2015.