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Saudi border guard killed by cross-border fire from Yemen UN warns of famine in besieged Yemeni city
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities say a border guard has been killed by incoming fire from war-ravaged Yemen. SANAA, Yemen — The U.N. is warning of famine in the Yemeni city of Taiz, which has been besieged by Shiite Houthi rebels for months.
The Interior Ministry announced the guard’s death on Monday morning. It said the soldier died on Sunday night when a cross-border shell landed near him in Jazan, a southern province bordering Yemen. The World Food Programme said Monday that Taiz “is in the grip of severe food insecurity at ‘Emergency’ level - one step below famine.”
A Saudi-led coalition launched an air campaign against the Shiite rebels known as Houthis in Yemen in March 2015. Since then, more than 5,800 people have been killed. The U.N. agency says it delivered enough aid to part of the city on Saturday to support 3,000 families for one month.
The United Nations says more than 80 percent of Yemenis are in dire need of food, water and other aid as a result of the conflict in the Arab world’s poorest country. The central city of Taiz has been a major battleground between the Houthis and forces allied with the internationally recognized government. The rebels are allied with army units loyal to a former president.
A Saudi -led coalition launched an air campaign against the rebels in March 2015 and has sent in ground forces. Yemen is the Arab world’s poorest country.
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