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The fighting in Yemen has expanded from the major cities and ports to a border region with Saudi Arabia. Shelling by Shiite Houthi rebels in the area of Najran in northwestern Yemen has forced Saudi Arabia to suspend school and halt flights into the local airports, according to news reports.
This latest flashpoint comes nearly six weeks into a Saudi-led air campaign to stop the Houthis and their allies, security forces loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, from taking control of Yemen.
The pro-Hadi forces and popular resistance fighters have taken control of Aden International Airport after fierce clashes with Houthi militants and forces loyal to the former regime, sources within the popular resistance said on Monday.
On Sunday, the Arab countries which have been conducting airstrikes against the Houthi militants for more than a month deployed ground troops into Aden to help regain the airport, they said.
The rebel Sudan Liberation Movement - Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) said they inflected heavy losses on the Sudanese government militiamen following fresh clashes in North Darfur on Saturday 2 May.
SLM-MM military spokesperson Ahmed Ardob in a statement released on Sunday claimed they killed some 60 fighters of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) including the commander of the militia unit Omer Issa and his deputy Issa Fatous.
Suspected rebels on Sunday ambushed and killed eight Indian paramilitary soldiers in the remote, troubled northeast, police said.
Naga rebels armed with automatic weapons fired at two trucks carrying the soldiers in Nagaland state, in a region bordering Myanmar, police said. The mountainous region is known for its natural beauty but has been battling insurgency for decades.
Several hundred Yazidi captives have been killed in Iraq by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists west of Mosul, Yazidi and Iraqi officials said Saturday, according to the BBC.
A statement from the Yazidi Progress Party said 300 captives were killed on Friday in the Tal Afar district near the city.
Iraqi Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi described the reported deaths as “horrific and barbaric”.
At least 44 suspected militants were killed in Khyber and North Waziristan where Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carried out air strikes, ISPR said in a statement on Saturday.
“Forty four militants were killed in aerial bombardment in Kach Kul and Kunda Gharibai area of Khyber Agency and Data Khel of North Wazirsitan,” a security official confirmed on Saturday.
Three Saudi soldiers were killed along with dozens of Yemeni rebels in overnight border clashes Friday, according to AP.
Yemeni rebels reportedly attacked border posts late Friday in the Najran province while Saudi troops backed by fighter jets retaliated, the kingdom’s Defense Ministry confirmed.