Yemeni tribes launch retaliatory attacks on Saudi border cities
Iran Press TV
Wed May 20, 2015 4:3PM
Yemeni tribal forces have launched a series of new attacks against two Saudi cities on the border in retaliation for Saudi Arabia's ongoing aggression against the impoverished Arab country.
Latest media reports said several rockets targeted military positions in the border cities of Najran and Dhahran al-Janub on Wednesday.
The latest rocket attacks came hours after a Saudi soldier, identified as Hassan Someili, was reportedly killed during cross-border clashes with fighters from the Houthi Ansarullah movement in Jizan Region of southwest Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, local Yemeni media outlets have released footage of the latest tribal fighters' retaliatory attacks on Saudi cities near the Yemeni border.
According to sources, the tribes fired at least 90 rockets and mortar rounds on Saudi military bases and installations located across the volatile region.
Some reports also say the Saudi troops suffered heavy casualties during the clashes. Unconfirmed reports say at least 11 Saudi soldiers were killed.
Saudi Arabia's military aggression against Yemen started on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthis and to restore power to the fugitive former president of Yemen, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.
The latest retaliatory attack came after Saudi warplanes launched nine airstrikes on the Jabal Marran mountainous area and the districts of Malaheedh and Dhaher in Sa'ada Province in northern Yemen.
Elsewhere, Saudi warplanes bombarded areas in the southwestern province of Ibb. Five people were reportedly killed in the airstrikes.
The United Nations says since March 19, over 1,800 people have been killed and 7,330 injured due to the conflict in Yemen, which was exacerbated by the Saudi airstrikes.
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