3 Women Injured from Houthi Projectile Shrapnel in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan

File photo of shrapnel from a Houthi projectile. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
File photo of shrapnel from a Houthi projectile. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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3 Women Injured from Houthi Projectile Shrapnel in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan

File photo of shrapnel from a Houthi projectile. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
File photo of shrapnel from a Houthi projectile. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Saudi Civil Defense announced on Tuesday that three women were injured from shrapnel from a projectile fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen towards the Kingdom.

Civil Defense spokesman in the southwestern Jazan region, Mohammed al-Ghamdi said the Houthis had fired a projectile towards Saudi border villages.

The ensuing shrapnel damaged a house and slightly wounded three women. They have since been transferred to hospital and they are in stable condition, he added.



Saudi FM Receives Separate Phone Calls From His Spanish, British Counterparts

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)
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Saudi FM Receives Separate Phone Calls From His Spanish, British Counterparts

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received a phone call on Wednesday from British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy.
During the talks, they discussed regional developments and the efforts to address them.

He also received a phone call from Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, with whom he discussed regional developments and efforts undertaken to address them.