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Arabia
3 soldiers martyred in Najran clashes
2015-04-12
[ARABNEWS] More than 500 Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
Lions of Islam have been killed in armed confrontations along the Najran and Jazan sectors of the Kingdom's southern border since the Saudi-led alliance launched the Decisive Storm military operation against them on March 26, a responsible source at the Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

The source also pointed out that three soldiers from the Saudi Royal Land Force died and two others were maimed after the Houthis fired a mortar shell on a border military position in Najran on Friday evening.

"Our forces quickly responded to the source of the fire, causing heavy casualties to the Houthi militias and increasing their corpse count to over 500," the source said, adding that the injured Saudi soldiers are in stable, pH balanced condition.

Yemen, strategically located near key shipping routes, was plunged into chaos last year when the Houthis seized Sanaa, forcing President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee to Aden and then Riyadh.

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