Houthi Missiles Target Najran, Jizan


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On August 13, KSA air defenses intercepted a Houthi-launched short-range ballistic missile targeting Najran, Saudi media reports. No casualties were reported. Houthi media also reported a Badr-1 SRBM strike on Arab Coalition forces along Yemen’s west coast, but this has not been confirmed.

On August 11, Saudi Patriot missile defenses intercepted a Houthi-fired Badr-1 SRBM targeting flying toward southern Jizan province, Saudi media reports. The missile was fired from Yemen’s Amran province. Houthi media reports the missile launch aimed at a “new camp of Saudi army in Jizan” and “left heavy losses among the Saudi enemy’s ranks and gear.”

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Shaan Shaikh, "Houthi Missiles Target Najran, Jizan," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 14, 2018, last modified August 15, 2018, https://missilethreat.csis.org/houthi-missiles-target-najran-jizan/.