The evacuation of villages on the southern border of the Kingdom has proved a trial for many of the locals who know no other way of life than the one they have lived for generation upon generation, some of whom have huge families too large for camp (...)
The commander of the Paratroopers' First Brigade has described how his forces recently retook Mt. Doud in Jizan from Yemeni infiltrators.
“The mountain was at first occupied by the infiltrators, and they fired three missiles from a tank, before (...)
Infiltrator snipers were still present in the border region, days after they announced they had withdrawn from the Saudi territory, military sources said Monday.
Saudi forces have firmly dealt with the remaining snipers in anoher blow to them in (...)
Minefields, digging of fortified protective sites and barbed fencing of the border are some of the security measures planned to prevent infiltration, a senior army official has said.
At the same time Maj. Gen. Sa'eed Al-Ghamdi, Commander of the (...)
Saudi paratroopers taking part in clashes at the southern border against armed infiltrators are highly prepared for the combat zone, said Lt. Gen. Prince Fahd Bin Turki Bin Abdul Aziz, Commander of Paratroopers and Special Forces at the Saudi Armed (...)
The flow of unidentified infiltrators across the Saudi-Yemeni border into the Jizan region has been going on for years affecting both the economic life and security of the area. However, the recent infiltration of the border area has resulted in (...)
At sunrise Saturday the armed forces will evacuate eight southern border villages including Umm Al-Quroosh in Jizan Region – a village that will be difficult for Aisha Ali Haddadi to leave, as she has lived there with her sheep for more than 95 (...)
Prince Muhammad Bin Naser Bin Abdul Aziz, Emir of Jizan, said Monday that military operations at Al-Jaberi village had almost ended, with ongoing operations involved in “securing” the site and “removing the remaining gangs.”
“We are dealing with (...)
Saudi fighter aircraft and ground artillery bombarded the village of Al-Jaberi on Sunday after the deadline passed for infiltrators shored up in abandoned houses to surrender to authorities.
Sources said “numerous” infiltrators were killed in the (...)
Saudi teacher Dhahab Mubaraki from Al-Khashel village was shocked to learn that her home, on which she had spent all her savings, had been totally ransacked by desperate infiltrators.
Mubaraki had left her home in a hurry after being evacuated by (...)
Saudi forces carried out strikes on 30 armed infiltrators attempting to take areas of Ka'ab Jaber Mountain to the north of Mt. Dokhan at dawn on Sunday.
Sources at the front lines said that ground artillery supported by air strikes killed possible (...)
Assistance in relief work is more than just providing water, food, security, and accommodation, but rather an apolitical humanitarian project for the Jizan Education Department. Women who have been forced to leave their homes due to the ongoing (...)
The Saudi military repelled a group of infiltrators attempting to enter the Kingdom near Al-Ardah in the southwest of Jizan on Thursday.
Sources said the group failed in a missile attack on a security post and incurred deaths and injuries during (...)
Following efforts to address the numbers of evacuees and improve their living conditions, it was announced Tuesday that displaced persons housed at the Ahad Al-Masareha Evacuee Camp are to be moved to a nearby site with 1,600 tents.
According to (...)
In a triumphant victory for Saudi forces against the infiltrators, the Al-Khubah area has now been secured and life has returned to normal for many citizens.
Muhammad Al-Shamrani, Governor of Al-Khubah, resumed his duties at the Governorate's (...)
A Saudi paratrooper was killed in Jizan Saturday by infiltrators who shot him while he and fellow soldiers were praying.
“My son is a martyr who died in the service of his religion and King and country,” said the father of Abdulrahman Khalaf (...)
It's a familiar drill for every pilot before every mission. He arrives at the base and enters the command room where everyone is gathered to receive orders. Maps and various screens are being studied.
Along with his colleagues, he meets with Brig. (...)
The Saudi Air Force and ground artillery killed and injured an unstated number of infiltrators on Friday in a “preemptive strike” to prevent a group from entering the Kingdom, a military source said.
“Small groups of infiltrators tried to launch an (...)
Saudi forces Tuesday cleared minefields left behind by infiltrators fleeing from lower peaks in the Mt. Dokhan area of Jizan.
Military sources said that the Saudi Army took control of several strategic sites on foothills in the area from which (...)
Sources at the frontlines said the Kingdom's Apache gunships carried out intense air raids on Friday and Saturday night which prevented infiltrators from entering Saudi territory.
The gunships struck vehicles carrying fighters and ammunition at the (...)
Army engineers have used wire mesh fences to block valleys on the border with Yemen suspected of being gateways for infiltrators into the Kingdom, a military source said Wednesday.
The difficult terrain at the border has led the military to erect (...)
The infiltrators have been cleared from Mount Al-Dowd and all other important mountain areas, said Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation for Military Affairs, during his visit to the troops down the (...)
Saudi Tornado and F-15 fighter jets and Apache helicopters Sunday bombed areas along the border with Yemen suspected of harboring armed infiltrators on the foot of Mount Dokhan and Al-Rumaih, destroying a number of hidden Katyusha rocket launchers, (...)
Layla Al-Kabi left the village of Al-Khubah one day at dawn dragging her seven children and heading for the nearest safe zone prior to be moved to the evacuee camp. Layla recalled the time when infiltrators were always present and allowed to shop (...)
Locals from the border villages of Al-Raha say they were taken surprise by the decision to evacuate, a move which came late at night and was ordered with immediate effect.
“We didn't know what to do,” said Ali Jaber Mighwaf of when he received news (...)