The coalition destroys a Houthi ballistic missile over Najran
English - Saturday 13 June 2020 الساعة 06:45 pm
Aden, Newsyemen
On Saturday, the joint forces of the Arab Coalition announced the interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia from the province of Saada towards the city of Najran in a deliberate attempt to target innocent civilians.
The spokesman for the Arab coalition forces, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, said that as a result of this targeting, some civilians in Najran city were lightly wounded as a result of shrapnel from the ballistic missile fired by the Houthi militia.
Al-Maliki pointed to the continued efforts of the Houthi terrorist militia to target civilian and civilian objects protected under international humanitarian law with ballistic missiles and drones with deliberate and systematic targeting.
He explained that the total ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards the Kingdom that had been intercepted reached (312) ballistic missiles, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Colonel Al-Maliki stressed that the leadership of the coalition's joint forces will take and implement resolute and strict measures to neutralize and destroy these capabilities to protect innocent civilians from these terrorist and absurd and barbaric attempts in accordance with international humanitarian law and its customary rules
