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Saudi Arabian troops clear Shia rebels from Yemen border

Source: The Guardian

Nov 08, 2009

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Saudi Arabian forces have taken control of a mountain on the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shia rebels, after five days of fighting that saw three soldiers killed and 15 wounded, Saudi assistant defence minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said today. He did not comment on rebel casualties and said Saudi forces had not entered Yemen. Officials in Saudi Arabia have been increasingly worried that instability in Yemen could spill over the border. The two nations are co-operating and sharing intelligence, and last week Saudi planes and artillery bombarded a Shia stronghold in northern Yemen.

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