[[{"content_id":339405,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Yemeni air defense forces deter Saudi air raid in Jawf: Army spokesman","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, says the country’s air defense units have managed to thwart a Saudi airstrike against strategic and residential areas in the country’s northern province of al-Jawf.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"Saree&nbsp;said a squadron of Saudi F-15 fighter jets sought to bombard areas in the province, located approximately 110&nbsp;kilometers&nbsp;(68 miles) north of the capital&nbsp;Sana&#39;a, on Monday noon, when the domestically-built and long-range Fater-1 (Innovator-1) surface-to-air missile defense system intercepted the jets and forced them off Yemeni airspace.\r\n\r\nThe development took place only two days after Yemeni army air defenses intercepted&nbsp;two Saudi-led F-16 warplanes in the skies of Jawf, deterring&nbsp;the aircraft from carrying out any act of aggression.\r\n\r\nEarlier that day, the long-range Fater-1 missile defense system had prevented a Saudi-led F-15 military aircraft from launching an aerial attack in the same Yemeni region.\r\n\r\nYemeni armed forces unveiled Fater-1 along with other domestically-built long-range, surface-to-air missile defense systems on February 23.\r\n\r\nYemeni Minister of Defense Major General Mohamed al-Atefy, Chairman of the General Staff Major General Mohamed al-Ghammari and Brigadier General Saree were in attendance during the event.\r\n\r\nThe systems have entered service following successful tests, the official announced at the time.","content_html":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saree&nbsp;said a squadron of Saudi F-15 fighter jets sought to bombard areas in the province, located approximately 110&nbsp;kilometers&nbsp;(68 miles) north of the capital&nbsp;Sana&#39;a, on Monday noon, when the domestically-built and long-range Fater-1 (Innovator-1) surface-to-air missile defense system intercepted the jets and forced them off Yemeni airspace.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The development took place only two days after Yemeni army air defenses intercepted&nbsp;two Saudi-led F-16 warplanes in the skies of Jawf, deterring&nbsp;the aircraft from carrying out any act of aggression.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier that day, the long-range Fater-1 missile defense system had prevented a Saudi-led F-15 military aircraft from launching an aerial attack in the same Yemeni region.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yemeni armed forces unveiled Fater-1 along with other domestically-built long-range, surface-to-air missile defense systems on February 23.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yemeni Minister of Defense Major General Mohamed al-Atefy, Chairman of the General Staff Major General Mohamed al-Ghammari and Brigadier General Saree were in attendance during the event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The systems have entered service following successful tests, the official announced at the time.<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2020-03-17 13:32:45","content_date_event":"2020-03-17 13:32:45","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2020-03-17 13:33:41","content_date_register":"2020-03-17 13:33:41","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":24,"eid":0,"attach_title":"Yemeni air defense forces deter Saudi air raid in Jawf: Army spokesman 2","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202003\/469704_3011781208_150_84.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202003\/469704_3011781208_300_169.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202003\/469704_3011781208_400_225.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202003\/469704_3011781208_600_338.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202003\/469704_3011781208_800_450.jpg","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202003\/469704_3011781208_800_450.jpg"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":3011781208,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202003\/469704_3011781208.jpg","width":800,"height":450,"size":0}}}]}]]