3 Saudi officers killed in Yemen rocket fire on Najran
At least three Saudi officers have been killed after Yemeni tribesmen fired rockets on a Saudi military post in the border city of Najran.
One of the Saudi officers, who was killed in the incident on Tuesday, has been identified as Yaser al-Ghahtani.
Reports said the Yemeni tribesmen have targeted the city with nearly a dozen mortar shells. The mortar fire has reportedly damaged state buildings and military bases in Najran. Several residential areas have been also evacuated.
Saudi Arabia also halted all flights to and from the airport in the city “until further notice.”
The development came as earlier reports on Tuesday said that members of Yemeni tribes entered Saudi soil from Yemen’s northwestern Sa’ada Province and took control of the military posts in Najran and Jazan regions.Several Saudi troops were detained by the Yemeni tribesmen as well.
Also on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia kept pounding Yemen, targeting areas in the southern Yemeni province of Aden.
According to media reports, the Saudi fighter jets bombarded the districts of Mualla and Khormaksar in the Yemeni province. There have not been any reports on the number of the casualties of the airstrike.
Saudi’s non-stop war on Yemen has severely destroyed the country’s infrastructure, making the delivery of humanitarian aid nearly impossible.
International rights groups are warning of a huge humanitarian catastrophe if the relief operations come to a halt.
Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.
In a recent report, Human Rights Watch said evidence shows Saudi Arabia has used cluster munitions in Sa’ada in recent weeks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says Saudi military campaign has claimed the lives of over 1,200 people so far and injured several thousand others. Hundreds of women and children are among the victims, according to the United Nations health agency.
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