Houthis attack Saudi Arabia

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The Houthis conducted an ambush inside Saudi Arabia’s southern border; targeting two military vehicles, Al Masdar reported.

Houthi fighters fired anti-tank missiles on two Saudi Arabian military vehicles outside the Ujbah military base, in the Jizan province.

The number of casualties remains unknown.

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The Houthis frequently conduct incursions inside Saudi Arabia, targeting army barracks and military personnel. Saudi Arabia entered the Yemen civil war to reinstate President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi who was forced out of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, in 2015 after the Houthis took control of government institutions.

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