Yemen front and the region
Coalition intercepts Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Riyadh early Friday
The Saudi-led coalition said early Friday it intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Riyadh. Attention turns to Istanbul, where foreign ministers of the regional quartet meet the European troika to discuss the security of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In Taiz, the Sanaa health ministry gave a toll for a strike on a house in al-Shamayatayn.
Summary
- ConfirmedThe coalition says it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile headed for Riyadh early Friday, with no details on damage.
- ConfirmedIstanbul hosts on Friday the first R4+E3 meeting, bringing Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan together with France, Germany and Britain.
- AttributedThe Houthi-run health ministry in Sanaa says one person was killed and 4 wounded in shelling it blamed on Saudi Arabia on a house in al-Shamayatayn, Taiz.
- UnverifiedReports say a Hadrami trader was killed in an armed ambush in Abyan; the article text could not be read.
Developments in this window
- UnverifiedAbyan
Reports of Hadrami trader killed in armed ambush in Abyan
Local websites reported that a trader from the al-Kathiri family was killed in an armed ambush in Abyan province while travelling to Shabwa. The article text could not be read because the page did not display it, and the perpetrators are unknown.
Source: adenobserver.com - ConfirmedRiyadh
Coalition intercepts Houthi ballistic missile headed for Riyadh
Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said early Friday that Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis toward Riyadh. The Saudi Press Agency carried the same announcement. The statement has so far mentioned no damage or casualties.
Source: aawsat.com SPA - ConfirmedIstanbul
Istanbul brings regional quartet and European troika together on Saudi and Yemeni security
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosts a meeting on Friday of the regional quartet of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan. It will be followed by a wider session with the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Britain, the first meeting in the R4+E3 format. The agenda covers the security of Saudi Arabia and Yemen, tensions with Iran and freedom of navigation.
Source: asharq.com - AttributedTaiz
Sanaa health ministry: one killed, 4 wounded in strike on house in al-Shamayatayn
Anis al-Asbahi, spokesman for the health ministry of the Houthi government, said Saudi shelling on Thursday evening hit a house in the al-Za'azi'a area of al-Shamayatayn district. He said the preliminary toll was one dead and four wounded. Houthi media had earlier reported 5 casualties in al-Shamayatayn; there was no comment from the coalition.
Source: alkhabaralyemeni.net