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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 7, 2009 – More than
forty Yemeni Houthis fighters have been killed in the fresh Saudi
Arabia's air attacks on the northern Yemen fighters holding territory in
the border region.
The fighters were killed in the remote mountainous regions of Malahit
and Maran in Saada province.
The Saudi military said the attacks were in response to an earlier
confrontation between Shia fighters and Saudi security forces that
killed two Saudi security men.
Houthi fighters on November 3 attacked a border patrol on the brink of
Yemen-Saudi Arabia border, killing two Saudi guards and wounding 10
others. Six Saudi border guard vehicles were also destroyed in the
attack.
The combatants had warned a day earlier that they would retaliate
against Saudi Arabia after accusing Riyadh of permitting Yemeni
government troops to launch attacks against them from a Saudi security
installation in Jabal al-Dukhan.
The conflict between the Houthi fighters and the Yemeni government began
in 2004, but intensified last August when government forces stepped up
the pressure against the fighters.
Sana'a launched a military offensive codenamed Operation Scorched Earth
against the Houthi fighters who say they have been defending their
people against the government. Houthis say Sana'a has been marginalizing
them economically and politically.
The offensive has killed thousands of people and displaced at least tens
of thousands, according to the Red Cross and United Nations.
Source: Press TV, November 6, 2009
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