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| Saudi Arabia says three soldiers have died and four are missing after clashes with rebels to retake land on its border with Yemen. | Saudi Arabia says three soldiers have died and four are missing after clashes with rebels to retake land on its border with Yemen. |
| Reports say Shia rebels had crossed the Saudi border earlier in the week and taken an area called Jabal Dukhan. | Reports say Shia rebels had crossed the Saudi border earlier in the week and taken an area called Jabal Dukhan. |
| The Saudi news agency quotes a senior official as saying 15 soldiers were wounded in the clashes. | The Saudi news agency quotes a senior official as saying 15 soldiers were wounded in the clashes. |
| Saudi Arabia, which says it restricted air strikes to its side of the border, says the area has been retaken. | Saudi Arabia, which says it restricted air strikes to its side of the border, says the area has been retaken. |
| A senior Saudi defence official said the border area had been "cleansed". | A senior Saudi defence official said the border area had been "cleansed". |
| The Saudi military say the attacks are in response to an incursion into the Kingdom last Tuesday, in which a Saudi security officer was killed. | |
| The rebels say they were attacked first and accuse Saudi Arabia of allowing the Yemeni army to use its territory to launch cross-border strikes on them - allegations denied by the Saudi authorities. | |
| The rebels, known as Houthis, have been engaged in an intense wave of fighting with the Yemeni army since the government launched a major new offensive in August 2009. | |
| Jabal Dukhan is a mountainous area that straddles Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen. |