More Than 1000 Saudi Soldiers Have Been Killed by the Yemeni Forces: Report

The death toll was registered after more than a dozen Saudi forces were killed during recent cross-border operations against Yemen, Al-Jazeera reported on Tuesday, citing Saudi state media outlets.

It is a rare admission of the Saudi military casualties, as the kingdom has a policy of withholding information on the casualties it has suffered during the war.

Meanwhile, figures released by the Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights suggested that over 600,000 people have been killed or injured in the Saudi-led campaign, which is meant to crush Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and reinstall its former Riyadh-friendly officials.

The Ansarullah movement, backed by allied Yemeni forces, has been defending the country in the face of Saudi-led attacks.

Yemeni forces have recently stepped up their counter-attacks, taking their operations to border regions of Saudi Arabia, where they usually carry out ground and missile attacks against positions belonging to the Riyadh military.

Over three years into the war, signs of resentment are showing up among the Saudi troops amid the prolonged war, which has well fallen short of achieving its declared objectives.

“Some Saudi soldiers are now openly talking of their anger and resentment of being neglected by authorities,” according to the report.

The entire Yemen is inching towards outright famine driven by the Saudi-led coalition’s blockade enforced on the country’s ports. The United Nations estimates that 22 million Yemenis are in need of food aid and more than eight million are threatened by severe hunger.