Saudi Arabia has been leading a series of airstrikes against the Iran-backed Shiite Houthi militants since March 26. Above, a Saudi soldier fired a mortar at the Saudi border with Yemen on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Washington Post: Yemeni rebels pose a rising threat in southern Saudi Arabia
NAJRAN, Saudi Arabia — Thousands of Saudi troops have been deployed along these desiccated hills, struggling to halt cross-border attacks by Yemeni rebels who fire rockets and carry out lethal ground incursions.
The Yemeni fighters have killed and captured hundreds of Saudi soldiers in a conflict that presents Saudi Arabia with the biggest challenge to its territory in years. Thousands of mortars and crude rockets have slammed into schools, mosques and homes in Najran, a city of several hundred thousand people only a few miles from the mountains of northern Yemen.
The border assaults have come in response to a devastating air and ground war that a Saudi-led military coalition launched in Yemen last year. That conflict has in turn spilled across the border with devastating consequences, said Maj. Gen. Saad Olyan, who commands more than 20,000 Saudi forces along the 1,100-mile southern border.
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WNU Editor: Hezbollah is being blamed for supporting the Houthi Rebels in this military campaign .... Yemen accuses Hezbollah of supporting Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia (UPI).
2 comments:
It's more than attacks, Houthis have captured Saudi towns as seen here.
The only "news" here is the US MSM noticing,
Similar to the BBC's "surprise" that the Saudi/GCC coalition was working hand in hand with Al Quida.
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