7 Saudi Soldiers Killed in Yemeni Army Attacks in Jizan, Najran Provinces

TEHRAN (defapress)- At least seven Saudi soldiers were killed when Yemeni army popular forces launched separate attacks in Saudi Arabia’s Southwestern border regions of Jizan and Najran as they continue their retaliatory raids against the Riyadh regime’s aerial bombardment campaign.

News ID: 68163

Date: 19 January 2018 - 20:13

A Yemeni military source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that the Yemeni forces and their allies fatally shot five soldiers just outside Hamezah village of Jizan, located 967 kilometers Southwest of the capital Riyadh, and al-Shabakah military camp on Friday afternoon.

Later in the day, Yemeni army forces shot and killed two other Saudi soldiers in Raqabat al-Zour military base of Najran region, located 844 kilometers (524 miles) South of Riyadh.

Furthermore, the Yemeni forces and their allies fired a salvo of artillery rounds at al-Nahouqah military camp in Najran.

On Friday morning, Saudi fighter jets carried out three airstrikes against an area in the Razih district of Yemen’s Northwestern region of Sa’ada.

Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen since March 2015 to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 15,500 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.

Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

According to several reports, the Saudi-led air campaign against Yemen has driven the impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster, as Saudi Arabia's deadly campaign prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country.