Well, the Yemen-Saudi border conflict isn’t quite wrapped up. This Saudi Gazette piece, relaying a story from the Arabic daily Okaz, suggests that things are taking a turn toward the exceptionally tragic. It’s reported that Yemeni children are being strapped with explosives to enter Saudi Arabia. This changes the dimensions of the conflict into a war against terrorism undoubtedly.

Children armed to blow themselves up

SAUDI-YEMENI BORDER – Okaz newspaper reported Monday that security forces had detained eight children armed with bombs and explosives attempting to enter Saudi territory.

It was reported that the children, whose ages were not specified, told investigators that infiltrators from Yemen had armed them with explosives and instructed them to blow themselves up at populated settlements. One of the targets cited was camps set up for displaced villagers and refugees.

The report added that the infiltrators made frequent use of the “innocence of children, the elderly and local shepherds” who were easily able to cross into the Kingdom over border areas of shared tribal land.

As of dawn Monday, Saudi fighter aircraft and artillery continued the bombardment of border locations while ground forces backed by air cover extended their combing of valleys and mountainous areas to Al-Aridha, Bani Malik, Hamr and Dafa Al-Bariha. – SG

Saudi Gazette also has two other pieces about the on-going fighting:

Mosques ransacked

Tribes capture 12 infiltrators