Saturday, May 20, 2017

Yemen rebel missile shot down 200km from Saudi capital

Yemen's Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile towards the Saudi capital Riyadh and the Arab coalition waging war in the country said it intercepted and destroyed a projectile about 200km west of the city.


The incident on Friday occurred a day before US President Donald Trump was expected in Riyadh at the start of his first foreign trip since taking office in January.

The Iran-allied Houthis launched a Burkan-1 missile toward Riyadh, a statement by their official news agency said.

The Saudi-led coalition said later it downed a Houthi missile in the southern Saudi province of Ar Rayn, well to the west of Riyadh. The area is open desert and there were no casualties, the official Saudi news agency SPA said.

Saudi Arabia has deployed Patriot missiles to counter such attacks.

Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV said the Arab coalition that intervened in Yemen's civil war against the Houthis in 2015 were "massively" bombing a missile base outside the Yemeni capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis.  

The missile would be the longest range attempted by the Houthi rebels and their allies - former members of Yemen's security forces linked to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh - since they began retaliatory attacks against the kingdom two years ago.

Trump, whose country provides weapons, intelligence and aerial refuelling for the Arab coalition, is due to arrive on Saturday for two days of talks with Saudi, Gulf, and Muslim leaders.  
  [aljazeera.com]
20/5/17
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1 comment:

  1. Un missile balistique tiré par des rebelles yéménites a été abattu vendredi soir au sud-ouest de Ryad, quelques heures avant l'arrivée prévue du président américain Donald Trump dans la capitale saoudienne.

    Les unités de la défense aérienne "ont intercepté un missile balistique qui a été lancé par les milices Houthis", et il est tombé dans une zone inhabitée située à 180 km au sud-ouest de Ryad, a annoncé la coalition militaire arabe sous commandement saoudien dans un communiqué.

    La chaîne de télévision Al-Masirah, contrôlée par les Houthis, a confirmé sur twitter que les rebelles chiites "ont tiré un missile balistique Volcano-2 vers la capitale de l'Arabie saoudite". Dans d'autres tweets, la télévision indique que ce tir coïncide avec des frappes aériennes de la coalition contre la capitale yéménite Sanaa.....rtl.be

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