According to state media, Four Saudis were killed after an attack was launched on border areas in Jizan and Najran by forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and Houthi rebels.
A statement on the official Saudi news agency SPA said that an attack had been launched from the Yemeni side into Saudi Arabia’s Jizan and Najran areas and a battle had taken place since the early hours of Friday and until noon in which tens of Yemeni soldiers were killed.
Four Saudis were also killed in the battle, one officer from the National Guard, two ground forces officers and one border guard, the statement said.
Saudi forces and the Houthis have been trading fire across the border since the Arab alliance began its military operations.
About 2,000 people have been killed and half a million displaced by the fighting.
