Saudi media reported that eight Saudi soldiers were killed in clashes with the Houthis in the southern border of Saudi Arabia. Al-Houthi said it had carried out attacks on the Saudi territory.
Dozens of those described as "mercenaries of the Saudi army" were killed on Wednesday "in an attack by the army and the Popular Committees on their positions in the Asir Front," the Al-Masri TV channel reported. According to Houthi media, the group´s fighters managed to stop the advance of Saudi forces off the border of Najran, Jazan and Asir after clashes. The Saudi military used Apache helicopters as part of the attack. The clashes came a day after the Houthi group claimed control of three Saudi military posts in the Asir sector, southwest of Saudi Arabia. The military spokesman in the name of the Houthis, that the air force of the process carried out a large operation towards the King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait Baysir a number of aircraft. The spokesman added that the attack targeted the barracks of warplanes, ammunition and processing sites and other sensitive sites. On the other hand, said the Saudi-UAE alliance, "We dropped a drone launched by the Huthis from Sanaa towards the city of Khamis Mushait." On the other hand, a spokesman for the Houthis Mohamed Abdel Salam said that the UAE has reached a stage of fatigue and fatigue led to the withdrawal from Yemen. "The bombing of Abu Dhabi airport was a message to the UAE, and the military targeting by the group was effective and disastrous for its economy. He pointed out that the attacks of aircraft on Saudi Arabia and the UAE is a self-defense, natural response to what he described as aggression, stressing that these attacks will not stop until the coalition stops bombing Yemen. The Houthi group has recently stepped up its attacks on medium-range and medium-range missiles on Saudi targets, including Jazan and Abha airports. Since September 2014, the Houthis have controlled the capital, Sana´a, before expanding their dominance to several provinces. Since March 2015, the Arab Coalition has supported Yemeni government forces against the Ansar Allah group in a war that has left a severe humanitarian crisis, the worst in the world, according to the United Nations.
