Over 40 were killed and dozens wounded after Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a military parade in Aden with drones and an unnamed ballistic missile. The attacks came in conjunction with suicide bombings on Aden police stations, which killed an additional 11 and wounded over 29. Speaking to the Associated Press, Houthi Brig. Gen. Yehia Sarea...
On June 27, armed forces under the UN-backed Libyan National Army discovered four American-made Javelin antitank missiles at a rebel weapons cache near Tripoli. According to markings on the weapons, the United States originally supplied the missiles to the United Arab Emirates in a 2008 arms sale. The missiles were later found to be of...
UN experts are currently investigating the use of Chinese-made missiles and drones after they identified a Chinese-made Blue Arrow air-to-surface missile and the probable use of a Wing Loong unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the April 19-20 missile strikes near Tripoli, Libya. The panel of experts are also investigating the possible role of the UAE...
On May 3, the U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 air defense system to Bahrain. This would mark the first Patriot sale to Bahrain. The potential sale includes: 60 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, 36 Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missiles (GEM-T) missiles with canisters, nine M903 launchers,...
Between November 3 and November 20, Houthi forces fired at least two ballistic missiles targeting the port city of Hodeidah and a coalition military base in Marib province. Below is a summary of the confirmed missile events during the November 3-20 period. The summary also includes some information on the recent Houthi-Arab Coalition ceasefire, as...
On July 16, UAE air defense forces intercepted a Houthi-launched ballistic missile targeting Mokha district in Yemen’s Taiz province. UAE state news agency Wam reports that no casualties or damage resulted from the missile strike. Arab Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al Maliki on Monday said Houthi militants have also fired three ballistic missiles into KSA...
On February 18, UAE armed forces intercepted a Houthi-launched ballistic missile targeting Yemen’s south-eastern port city of al-Mokha. The attack marks at least the sixth reported Houthi missile targeting al-Mokha since the beginning of the 2015 Yemen War. For more, see our interactive The Missile War in Yemen. Related Links: UAE shoots down Houthi missile...
