Conflict in Najran

Conflict in Najran
Part of the spillover of the Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
Date 25 April 2015 – present (1 year, 1 week and 2 days) Location Southern Saudi Arabia (Najran, Asir, Jizan) Result Ongoing Attack is supported by Yemeni Republican guard. Saudi was able to retake outposts that was overrun by Houthis.
Belligerents
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian National Guard Royal Saudi Land Force	Yemen (Revolutionary Committee) Houthis Republican Guard Ahrar al-Najran (since June 2015)
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Awad bin Eid Al-Balawi Major General Abdul Rahman bin Saad al-Shahrani † (Commander of 18th Brigade)[1]	Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi Abu Bakr Abu Ahmed as-Salami
Location of Najran in relation to Yemen.

Conflict in Najran is an armed conflict between troops of Saudi Arabia and Houthi insurgents in the province Nadzhran of Saudi Arabia, and also rocket attacks on border territories of Nadzhran. The conflict began in response to the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.

History

On 5 May 2015, after shelling by Houthis of neighborhood of the city of Najran, the authority of the country temporarily closed local educational institutions and the airport.

On 20 June, fighters of the Ahrar Najran movement seized Lookout Outpost in the south of the Kingdom. At the same time passed bloody collisions in the Saudi Borders.

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