Naturally enough, the Saudi media is front-paging its coverage of the conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border. All stories are emphasizing that the Saudi response was necessary to preserve sovereignty of Saudi territory. This region was among the last taken under control of the country in its resurgence as the Third Saudi State, back in the 1920-30s.
Saudi Gazette:

Air raids target intruders
Abdullah Al-Harthi and Taha Tawashi

JIZAN – The government said Friday it carried out airstrikes against “infiltrators” from Yemen that were limited to areas inside Saudi territory, and vowed to press on with the military action against the gunmen in the Mount Dokhan region and other areas within Saudi territory until the border with its restive neighbor was secure.

Saudi jet fighters droned overhead in the border area for over 13 hours Friday. A curfew was imposed in areas suspected of illegal presence of the infiltrators.

As the military strikes intensified Friday, an unidentified number of armed infiltrators were said to have surrendered.

Arab News

Infiltrators’ bases overrun
Muhammad Humaidan | Arab News

JAZAN: Saudi Arabia is determined to protect its borders and deter infiltrators from entering the Kingdom, said an official source on Friday in light of the recent entry of Yemeni rebels into the rugged mountainous regions of the south of the Kingdom.

“The entry of the infiltrators into Saudi territories, the killing and wounding of Border Guards as well as the infiltrators’ presence on Saudi soil are violations of the Kingdom’s sovereignty giving it every right to take measures to end this illegitimate presence,” the Saudi Press Agency quoted the official source as saying on Friday morning.


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