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| 3 soldiers killed as KSA repels Houthi attack |
| 2015-05-03 |
| [Arab News] Three Saudi troops and “dozens” of Houthi rebels were killed as Saudi ground forces repelled a major attack from inside Yemen, officials said. A statement by the SPA said the attack on “border posts and control points” Thursday night took place on its southern border near the town of Najran. Saudi ground troops exchanged fire with Iran-backed Houthi Shiite rebels and called in airstrikes, said the SPA. “Dozens of the militiamen were killed. Three soldiers of the ground troops were martyred,” according to the statement. The attack was the first major incursion into the Kingdom by the Houthis since the Saudi-led coalition began carrying out airstrikes inside Yemen more than a month ago. Jazan is about 200 km east of Najran and about 10,000 tribesmen from Jazan have volunteered with their own weapons to stand at the border alongside the Saudi soldiers, commanders in the area say. |
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