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‘Saudi to raze empty villages on Yemen border’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSaudi Arabia will raze 96 deserted border villages to prevent their use by infiltrators from neighboring Yemen, where the kingdom is leading air strikes on rebels, a report says.
Ten villages have already been demolished since a Saudi-led military coalition began air strikes on Shiite Houthi rebels on March 26, the Saudi-owned Al-Hayat newspaper reports.
It cites the border guard chief in the area, Hassan Aqili, as saying that the move was in order to prevent the empty houses from turning into “a safe haven for traffickers and infiltrators”.
The 15,000 inhabitants were resettled following a 2009-2010 conflict that saw Houthi rebels cross into Saudi Arabia from their stronghold in northern Yemen.
— AFP
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