Photo: In this April 21, 2015 photo, Saudi soldiers stand on top of armour vehicles, on the border with Yemen at a military point in Najran, Saudi Arabia. (AP)

4 soldiers lose lives defending the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

26 August 2015

RIYADH: Attacks by Yemeni rebels have killed three Saudi soldiers and wounded another three along the border, the military said Tuesday.

The SPA said two soldiers were killed in action on Tuesday. Another was killed Monday when Iran-backed Houthis, attacked a border post in Jazan with rocket and artillery fire. The statement said Saudi troops fired back.

In a separate incident, a Saudi soldier operating along the border with Yemen was killed when his vehicle overturned, the spokesman added.

Meanwhile, the International Red Cross said it has withdrawn its 14 foreign staffers from its office in Aden, Yemen, following an attack by unknown gunmen who held employees at gunpoint and made off with cash, cars and equipment.

The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross said Tuesday the staffers were relocated to another of its sites in Djibouti on the Red Sea following the attack on Monday. Local leader Samer Jarjouhi said the Red Cross office had faced “at least 10 such incidents recently.”