Yemeni retaliatory attack leaves two Saudi soldiers dead

Yemeni army soldiers have reportedly launched retaliatory attacks against Saudi border guards in Saud Arabia’s southwestern border region of Asir, leaving two soldiers dead.

Yemeni snipers fatally shot two Saudi troops in al-Rabu’ah town of the region on Saturday morning, Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen television news network reported.

A Saudi military vehicle also went up in flames after Yemeni soldiers and their allies targeted it with a guided missile at a camp in the same southwestern Saudi city.

The attacks were in retaliation for Riyadh’s relentless aerial bombardment campaign against Yemen.

Earlier, the media bureau of the operations command in Yemen released footage showing locally designed and manufactured Borkan-1 (Volcano-1) missile blasting off from a launcher deployed in an unknown location in Yemen.

The solid propellant and Scud-type missile reportedly hit a stationary target in the Saudi city of Ta’if, located more than 700 km  southeast of the capital, Riyadh.

Also on Saturday, Saudi military aircraft struck a car as it was traveling along a road in Baqim district of Yemen’s mountainous northwestern province of Sa’ada, leaving one civilian dead and four others wounded.

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