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| Mine Kills Saudi Officer on Yemen Border | |
| 2015-06-19 | |
| [AnNahar] A landmine blast on the Saudi-Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... border has claimed the life of a senior Saudi officer, the coalition carrying out air strikes on rebels in Yemen said on Thursday.
The blast occurred during a "combing" operation, it said, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. At least 39 people, civilians and troops, have now bit the dust in shelling and border skirmishes since March 26 when the coalition began bombing Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, attempting to halt their expansion. More than 2,600 people have died in Yemen itself, where rebels and pro-government forces have been fighting for months. The Saudi officer died on the fourth day of stalled U.N.-brokered negotiations in Geneva between Yemen's warring sides. | |
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