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Saudi-Yemeni border areas stabilized
(KUNA) -- Soddy Arabia's Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General for Military Affairs Prince Khalid Ibn Sultan Ibn Abdulaziz said Saturday the security situation along the border line with Yemen has been brought back to normal.Speaking to news hounds here one day after his tour of the southern province of Jazan, Prince Khalid said the tour aimed to verify the efficacy of the security measures and the preparedness of the Saudi Armed Forces. The tour coincided with the first anniversary of the major military campaign against orc infiltrators from the southern neighbor. "The Saudi Army Corps of Engineers managed to open roads in the mountainous area within three years; this is an unrivalled achievement which can't be done even by specialized global firms," he affirmed. "The Saudi Armed Forces will continue building the capacity of the personnel and acquiring the latest military equipment," Prince Khalid said, noting that the recent military training course in sisterly Egypt was part of this endeavor. The area had been the scene of fierce fighting between the Saudi forces and the orc infiltrators mainly belonging to Houthis - a separatist Shiitre militia based in northern Yemen. Dozens of casualties from both sides fell during the fighting before the enforcement of a ceasefire under which the Houthi rebels pulled back from Saudi areas and Yemeni government pledged to tighten its security grip on the northern borders. Posted by: Fred 2010-10-24 |
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