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| Yemeni rebels engaged in new cross-border raids into Saudi Arabia have reportedly killed three Saudi soldiers. | Yemeni rebels engaged in new cross-border raids into Saudi Arabia have reportedly killed three Saudi soldiers. |
| A number of Saudis were also wounded in the fighting on Sunday, which has intensified over recent weeks, local media reported. | |
| The rebels claimed the Saudi military crossed the border on Monday and they had captured a number of soldiers. | |
| The Saudi military is trying to enforce a buffer zone around the border, but has denied crossing into Yemen. | |
| "Today, two incursions into Yemen by the Saudi army were repulsed near the Jebel Rumayh region, and a number of aggressors were killed" and others captured, the rebels' statement said. | |
| Port blockade | |
| The rebels, known as Houthis, said the Saudis crossed the border in force with tanks and helicopters. | |
| They said there had been the heaviest bombardment of the region by Saudi forces since entering the conflict earlier in November. | |
| The Saudi and Yemeni government have repeatedly denied that the Saudi military has crossed into Yemeni territory, or carried out bombing raids across the border. | |
| But the Saudi media reported that three soldiers had been killed in the raids, and said the military claimed to have stopped a rebel plan to seize the Yemeni port town of Midi. | |
| The Saudi navy has been blockading the Red Sea port. | The Saudi navy has been blockading the Red Sea port. |
| The military said the rebels had been chanting slogans that proclaimed they would spend "Ramadan in Midi". | The military said the rebels had been chanting slogans that proclaimed they would spend "Ramadan in Midi". |
| It also said it had arrested more than 900 rebels who had crossed over the border into Saudi Arabia. | |
| The border raids, carried out by "dozens" of rebels were concentrated in the Jebel Rumayh border area, were repelled according to Saudi media. | |
| The Houthis, who are Shia Muslims in a region dominated by Sunnis, pushed through the border and took over a mountainous region of Saudi Arabia on 3 November. | |
| That incursion was wiped out by Saudi airstrikes days after it happened. | That incursion was wiped out by Saudi airstrikes days after it happened. |
| The Saudi and Yemeni governments have been bombarding them in an attempt to drive them back from the border. | |
| The Houthis, named after the family name of their leader, are demanding more autonomy for their region and say the Yemeni government discriminates against Shia Muslims. | The Houthis, named after the family name of their leader, are demanding more autonomy for their region and say the Yemeni government discriminates against Shia Muslims. |
| Leadership killed | Leadership killed |
| They attacked Saudi Arabia after accusing the neighbouring country of providing arms for the Yemeni government to fight them. | |
| The Yemeni government accuses the Houthis of wanting to re-establish Zaydi clerical rule, which ended in 1962. | The Yemeni government accuses the Houthis of wanting to re-establish Zaydi clerical rule, which ended in 1962. |
| The Zaydi community are a minority in Yemen, but make up the majority in the north of the country. | The Zaydi community are a minority in Yemen, but make up the majority in the north of the country. |
| The insurgents first took up arms against the government in 2004, after which government forces killed or captured much of the Houthi leadership. | The insurgents first took up arms against the government in 2004, after which government forces killed or captured much of the Houthi leadership. |
| An estimated 150,000 people have been displaced since 2004 | An estimated 150,000 people have been displaced since 2004 |
| The government launched a fresh offensive in August, which has precipitated a new wave of intense fighting. | The government launched a fresh offensive in August, which has precipitated a new wave of intense fighting. |
| Aid agencies say tens of thousands of people have been displaced. | Aid agencies say tens of thousands of people have been displaced. |
| Elsewhere in the country, a Japanese engineer remains in captivity after being kidnapped earlier this month. | Elsewhere in the country, a Japanese engineer remains in captivity after being kidnapped earlier this month. |
| Negotiators had hoped the tribesmen holding Takeo Mashimo, 63, would be freed, but disputes between negotiators have delayed his release. | Negotiators had hoped the tribesmen holding Takeo Mashimo, 63, would be freed, but disputes between negotiators have delayed his release. |
| Japanese officials denied that Mr Mashimo had been sold on to an al Qaeda-connected group, and said they were waiting for the Yemeni government to agree to release from jail a member of the tribe holding the engineer. | Japanese officials denied that Mr Mashimo had been sold on to an al Qaeda-connected group, and said they were waiting for the Yemeni government to agree to release from jail a member of the tribe holding the engineer. |
| Earlier in November the Saudi government said al-Qaeda was building a bigger organisation in Yemen, and many of the people on its "most wanted" list were sheltering there. | Earlier in November the Saudi government said al-Qaeda was building a bigger organisation in Yemen, and many of the people on its "most wanted" list were sheltering there. |
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