The conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir - armed clashes between the forces of Saudi Arabia and Hussite rebels on the border between the two countries, in the provinces of Najran , Jizan and Asir of Saudi Arabia . The conflict began due to the invasion of a coalition led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen .
| Armed conflict in Najran | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Main conflict: Armed conflict in Yemen and the ensuing Invasion of Yemen . | |||
 See here for a detailed conflict map. | |||
| date | from April 2, 2015 | ||
| A place | Najran Province Saudi Arabia | ||
| Cause | Hussite response to Saudi invasion of Yemen | ||
| Total | The conflict continues
| ||
| Opponents | |||
| |||
| Commanders | |||
| |||
| Losses | |||
| |||
| Total losses | |||
| |||
History
2015
On May 5, 2015, after shelling by Hussites of the outskirts of the city of Najran , the country's authorities temporarily closed local educational institutions and the airport [2] .
On June 19, a group of political activists - representatives of various tribes of the Najran province, located in the south of Saudi Arabia on the border with Yemen - formed the military-political movement " Ahrar En-Najran " ("Free Najran Citizens" (ar.) ), The aim of which is to fight for independence from Saudi Arabia. The tribes of Najran, who joined the new organization, proclaimed the independence of the province and announced their joining the Yemeni forces in the fight against the Saudi authorities, since Riyadh, according to their version, "violated all agreements previously concluded with the tribes."
On June 20, fighters of the Ahrar En-Najran movement captured a military base in the south of the kingdom [3] . At the same time, bloody clashes took place in the village of Kabash, 10 km south of the capital of the region [1] .
On June 29, a new separatist movement, the Youth of Najran, was formed, which also intends to fight for the independence of the region [4] [5] .
On June 30, Ahrar En-Najran fighters shot down a Saudi Arabian Air Force helicopter [6] .
On July 2, Ahrar En-Najran fighters established control of an airport in Najran , the capital of the southern province of Saudi Arabia.
On November 28, the Yemen Armed Forces together with the Hussite rebels captured the Nahukah military base and launched several rocket attacks on Al-Radif base in Jizan province [7] . Video capture was published on the Internet.
As of early December 2015, the militia of the Ahrar En-Najran movement, with the support of the Hussites, was holding several Saudi settlements. Among them is the small town of Al-Rabua, held by the rebels for about a month. Despite the fact that Saudi troops are better armed and equipped, they have to retreat under the pressure of militias [8] [9] .
The Yemeni army and the Hussites took control of several more settlements within Saudi Arabia.
On Sunday morning, the Republican Guard and the People’s Civil Committees (mostly Hussites) occupied 2 villages in the Jizan province of Saudi Arabia.
2016
In the summer of 2016, the Ansar Allah militia (Hussites), with the support of the Yemeni army, continued fighting in the Saudi provinces of Jizan, Najran and Asir.
On July 25, the Saudi Armed Forces reported 5 border guards killed by the enemy [10] .
On August 16, under the shelling of the Hussites in the industrial zone of Najran, 7 citizens were killed, among them 4 citizens of Saudi Arabia and 3 foreigners [11] .
On August 21, the Hussites launched the Tochka missile at the Saudi camp in Narjan, which killed at least 50 Saudi soldiers. [12] .
On August 26, a power station near the border was destroyed by a rocket attack by the Hussites [13]
On September 6, Hussite forces captured three villages in the Al-Habua area, according to a source close to them in the Saudi territory of Jizan. [14] On September 12, the Ministry of Defense of Saudi Arabia announced the death of three and the wounding of two soldiers of the Royal Army of Saudi Arabia as a result of a mortar attack by the Hussites in the border zone of Najran. More than 500 Hussite casualties have been reported since the start of the operation in the Najran sector [15] .
On September 24, Major General Hassan Al-Malsi, the head of the Hussite Special Forces, was killed during an attempt, together with his squad, to infiltrate the southern province of Najran, which belongs to Saudi Arabia [16] .
On October 12, Salafi fighters, with the participation of ultra-conservative leader Basam Al-Mehbar and air support from the Saudi coalition, took control of the Al-Buka border crossing in Saad, Yemen. [17] This was the second time that forces supported by the Saudi government tried to open a new front line against the Houthis in the north, crossing the border through Saudi Arabia.
On October 13, a Saudi spy drone was shot down by the Hussite military over an al-Qawiyah military base in Jizan province. Meanwhile, a Saudi military vehicle came under fire from the Hussite forces, and a Saudi soldier was killed by a sniper in the Al-Rabia region of Jizan province [18] .
On November 1, the Hussite militia announced that they had shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle with an anti-aircraft missile flying over the Ailab area in the province of Asir. This was the fourth time in two months when the Hussites shot down a Saudi air vehicle [19] .
On November 8, 5 Saudis were injured and 3 vehicles were destroyed due to shells fired by the Yemeni side in a city in southwestern Jizan, according to the Saudi Ministry of Civil Defense. [20]
On November 10, the Hussites announced that they had taken control of the villages of Al-Kars and Al-Dafiniya, along with other villages in the east of Al-Bakhtit and the south of Al-Karn. Sources also reported that the Hussite militias seized the bridge connecting Kai Zubayd and Al-Ibadiyuyu (Jizan province) with a road leading to the nearby Al Khubah area. Several Saudi soldiers were wounded and killed, 6 armored vehicles and 2 battle tanks destroyed. In response, Saudi military helicopters bombarded the Al-Khubah area. However, the statement was not confirmed by the Saudi side. Earlier that day, Saudi authorities reported at least 14 people affected by shelling in Al-Sharqah province [21] .
On November 15, the Royal Air Force of the Saudi Arabian Army intercepted and destroyed a missile aimed at Najran “without any damage,” according to the Saudi news agency [22] .
On November 19, a Saudi soldier died from a rocket fired by Hussites across the border into the province of Asir, according to a statement from the Saudi Ministry of the Interior. [23] The incident occurred a few hours before the 48-hour ceasefire initiated by Saudi Arabia.
On November 22, 1 person died and 7 were injured in a projectile from the Yemeni territories. According to the official representative of the Civil Defense Department, the shell hit a shopping center in Najran [24] .
On November 26, Hushite fighters reported that they launched a ballistic missile far into the Saudi border town of Khamis Mushait in the Asir region, targeting Allamuz’s military base. They also stated that rocket fire was a response to the ongoing Saudi aerial attacks on Yemeni cities. However, Saudi Arabian satellite television Al-Arabiya reported that the Saudi defense forces intercepted and destroyed the rocket in the air, even before it reached the city [25] .
On December 22, Saudi forces conducted an overnight military operation in the Jizan and Najran regions, killing 30 Houthi fighters [26] .
On December 31, 25 Hussite fighters died from an aerial attack by the Saudi coalition in the province of Najran [27] .
2017
On January 14, a Saudi corporal was killed in a shelling at a border post in Najran, the Saudi Ministry of the Interior said. [28]
On February 24, a Jordanian F-16 military plane crashed in the Najran area, according to a source due to a technical error. The pilot survived [29] [30] .
On March 19, at least 20 Hussite militants were killed while attempting to infiltrate army positions in the Suk Al-Bukaa area in the northern province of Saad, near the Saudi border, according to a pro-Hussite Yemeni army [31] .
On March 23, several Saudi soldiers died due to a cross-border missile, according to a Husite-controlled news agency. Saudi Arabian soldiers were killed, allegedly when rebel attacks hit military targets in the provinces of Najran, Jizan and Asir. This was announced to the Yemeni news agency "Saba" by a representative of the rebels. But the Saudi Ministry of the Interior announced the death of only one soldier at a border post in southern Dhahran [32] .
On April 16, according to the Saudi Ministry of the Interior, 1 Saudi border guard was killed and 3 more were injured in a mine explosion in Jizan province. [33]
On May 11, 2017, the Hussites captured a Saudi military base in Raboa in the Asir province, injuring and killing several soldiers, Al-Masdar news agency reported. [34]
See also
- Great Yemen
- Ahrar En-Najran
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 VIEW / Saudi Oppositionists Announce Capture of a Military Base
- ↑ TASS: International panorama - The Saudi city of Najran airport is closed after shelling from the side of Yemen
- ↑ Media: Saudi opposition movement seizes military base in Najran province
- ↑ VIEW / Iranian media report an armed opposition movement in Saudi Arabia
- ↑ Kommersant News - An armed opposition movement created in Saudi Arabia
- ↑ media: opposition movement Ahrar En-Najran shot down a Saudi Air Force helicopter
- ↑ Yemeni rebels captured a military base on the territory of Saudi Arabia (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 29, 2015. Archived December 8, 2015.
- ↑ Husits attack in the area of the Saudi cities of Rabua and Najran
- ↑ Yemeni army develops an offensive in Saudi Arabia
- ↑ 5 Saudi soldiers 'martyred' in 8-hour Najran clash , Arabic News (July 25, 2016). Date of treatment July 6, 2017.
- ↑ Houthi shelling kills seven in Saudi Arabia, nine Yemenis die in air strike , Reuters (Tue Aug 16 19:34:16 UTC 2016). Date of treatment July 6, 2017.
- ↑ Houthi missile attack kills 50+ Saudi soldiers in Najran (English) , AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز (August 21, 2016). Date of treatment July 6, 2017.
- ↑ Arab, The New . Three-year-old killed in cross-border Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia (English) , alaraby . Date of treatment July 6, 2017.
- ↑ Houthi forces capture more territory in Saudi Arabia (English) , AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز (September 7, 2016). Date of treatment July 6, 2017.
- ↑ 3 soldiers martyred in Najran clashes, Arabic News (12 April 2015). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Coalition forces kill Houthi general on Saudi-Yemen border: sources . Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Yemen government forces recapture border crossing in Al Houthi heartland (English) , Gulf News . Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Houthis attack Saudi border port-city of Jizan , Middle East Monitor (October 14, 2016). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Houthis shoot down Saudi drone (Eng.) , Middle East Monitor (November 2, 2016). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ 5 Saudis injured by cross-border fire from Yemen . Anadolu Agency. Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Yemen's Houthis claim to seize villages in Saudi Arabia . Anadolu Agency. Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Saudi intercepts and damages missile from Yemen - Gulf Business (English) , Gulf Business (November 16, 2016). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Saudi soldier killed by missile from Yemen hours before ceasefire , Reuters (Sat Nov 19 09:33:00 UTC 2016). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ One person killed, seven wounded S. Saudi Arabia in Houthis' attack - ARAB TIMES (English) , ARAB TIMES (November 22, 2016). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Yemen's Houthis fire ballistic missile to Saudi border military base - Xinhua | English.news.cn unopened . news.xinhuanet.com. Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Strikes in Yemen , alarabiya ( 12/23/2016 ).
- ↑ Scores killed as Houthis suffer major losses (Eng.) , Middle East Monitor (January 3, 2017). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Yemen shelling kills Saudi soldier on border (English) , Arab News (January 15, 2017). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Jordan warplane crashes in Saudi, pilot survives (ar.) , Gulf-Times (February 24, 2017). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Jordanian jet fighter crashes in southern Saudi Arabia . Anadolu Agency. Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Yemen: 20 Houthi rebels killed near Saudi border . Anadolu Agency. Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Arab, The New . Houthi shelling kills 'several Saudi soldiers' (English) , alaraby . Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Mine explosion kills Saudi guard along Yemen border: Ministry (English) , Middle East Eye . Date of treatment July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Houthis capture military base in Saudi Arabia (English) , Middle East Monitor (May 11, 2017). Date of treatment July 8, 2017.