Yemeni retaliatory attacks left 25 Saudi soldiers dead in December

A recent report has revealed that Yemeni army soldiers and fighters from allied Popular Committees killed and injured dozens of Saudi soldiers in the kingdom’s southwestern border regions in December last year as part of their retaliatory raids against the Riyadh regime’s aerial bombardment campaign.

Yemen’s official Saba news agency reported on Thursday that Yemeni forces and their allies fatally shot 25 troopers in the regions of Jizan, Najran and Asir last month.

Another 12 also sustained injuries in retaliatory attacks.

Also on Thursday, Yemeni soldiers and Popular Committees fighters targeted a military vehicle belonging to Saudi-backed militants in the Khabb and Sha'af district of Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf, killing all on board.

Meanwhile, at least three Saudi-paid Sudanese soldiers have lost their lives when Yemeni army troops and fighters from allied Popular Committees launched an attack in Jizan.

A military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Saudi mercenaries were in the Midi Desert of the region, located 966 kilometers south of the Saudi capital Riyadh, on Wednesday evening.

In November, the spokesman for Yemen's Ansarullah movement, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, referred to the deaths of several Sudanese mercenaries in Hudaydah, saying they were "victims of their government being on the payroll in a cruel and senseless war."

"With all respect for the Sudanese nation, we hope the Sudanese regime will change its position regarding its participation in the aggression against Yemen. The Sudanese government will achieve nothing but defeat and destruction from this futile war," he added.

Abdul-Salam warned that Yemen would turn into a "graveyard" for invaders.

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