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التَّحالُفُ يُعْلِنُ اعْتِراضَ صاروخٍ مُتَّجِهٍ إِلى الرِّياضِ

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أَعْلَنَ تَحالُفُ دَعْمِ الشَّرْعِيَّةِ فِي الْيَمَنِ، الَّذِي تَقودُهُ السُّعُودِيَّةُ، يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ ١٩ سِبْتَمْبَرَ، أَنَّهُ اعْتَرَضَ صاروخًا باليستيًّا كانَ مُتَّجِهًا إِلى الرِّياضِ. وَقالَ مُتَحَدِّثٌ بِاسْمِ التَّحالُفِ إِنَّ الدِّفاعاتِ الْجَوِّيَّةَ دَمَّرَتِ الصّاروخَ فِي الْجَوِّ، وَلَمْ يُسَجَّلْ ضَرَرٌ. وَقالَ التَّحالُفُ إِنَّهُ يُراقِبُ التَّطَوُّراتِ وَيَتَّخِذُ إِجْراءاتٍ لِحِمايَةِ الْمَدَنِيِّينَ وَالْمَرافِقِ الْمُهِمَّةِ.

وَأَصْدَرَ الدِّفاعُ الْمَدَنِيُّ تَحْذيراتٍ لِسُكّانِ الرِّياضِ وَالْخَرْجِ، ثُمَّ أَعْلَنَ انْتِهاءَ الْخَطَرِ. وَقالَ الْحُوثِيُّونَ إِنَّهُمْ نَفَّذُوا عَمَلِيَّتَيْنِ ضِدَّ أَهْدافٍ فِي الرِّياضِ وَيَنْبُعَ. وَحَذَّرَتْ وِزارَةُ الْخارِجِيَّةِ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةُ مِنْ أَنَّ الصِّراعَ بَيْنَ السُّعُودِيَّةِ وَالْحُوثِيِّينَ قَدْ يَتَصاعَدُ بِسُرْعَةٍ. وَتَأْتِي الْحادِثَةُ بَعْدَ هَجَماتٍ مُتَبادَلَةٍ فِي الْمِنْطَقَةِ.

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Coalition Announces Interception of Missile Headed for Riyadh

The Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Saturday, September 19, that it had intercepted a ballistic missile headed for Riyadh. A coalition spokesperson said that air defenses destroyed the missile in the air and that no damage was recorded. The coalition said that it was monitoring developments and taking steps to protect civilians and important facilities.

Civil defense issued warnings to residents of Riyadh and Al-Kharj, then announced that the danger had ended. The Houthis said that they had carried out two operations against targets in Riyadh and Yanbu. The US State Department warned that the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis could escalate quickly. The incident comes after reciprocal attacks in the region.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
تَحالُفٌ noun coalition
اِعْتَرَضَ verb to intercept
صاروخٌ باليستيٌّ noun ballistic missile
الدِّفاعاتُ الْجَوِّيَّةُ noun air defenses
ضَرَرٌ noun damage
تَحْذيرٌ noun warning
الْخَطَرُ noun danger
يَتَصاعَدُ verb to escalate

Sources

  1. Al Jazeera Arabic: السعودية تعترض صاروخا أطلقه الحوثيون باتجاه الرياض وواشنطن تحذر من التصعيد
  2. Arab News: Coalition intercepts and destroys ballistic missile fired toward Riyadh

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