Yemeni forces kill dozens of Saudi soldiers

Yemeni forces kill dozens of Saudi soldiers

Dozens of Saudi soldiers have died after Yemeni army troopers, backed by fighters from popular committees, launched an attack against a military camp in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Najran.

The Saudi soldiers lost their lives when Yemeni forces fired a barrage of mortar shells at Quwwah base, which lies near the border with impoverished and crisis-hit Yemen, on Monday evening, Arabic-language al-Masirah satellite television network reported.

Separately, Yemeni forces and allied fighters launched a number of BM-21 Grad rockets at al-Mo’tan military base in the southwestern Saudi region of Jizan, sending flames and columns of smoke high into the sky. There were no immediate reports of casualties.