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Yemeni forces kill 13 troops in retaliation: Report

Sunday, 28 May 2017 7:03 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 28 May 2017 9:45 AM ]

A Saudi soldier mans a turret on a military vehicle of border guards on the kingdom’s border, on March 12, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Yemeni troops have carried out major retaliatory attacks against separate locations in southwestern Saudi Arabia, killing as many as 13 Saudi forces.

Six of the fatalities occurred at the al-Fuaz military base in the Saudi region of Najran, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported on Sunday.

Yemeni forces also struck a military vehicle carrying three Saudi troops on their way to the Alib command post in the kingdom’s Asir region. Four more Saudi troopers died in another attack against the outpost.

The Yemeni Army and its allied Houthi fighters have been defending the nation against more than two years of Saudi aggression, launched to restore Yemen’s former Riyadh-allied government to power.

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Five militants supporting former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi also died in the same district after coming under army fire.