According to Arabic-language
al-Masirah television network, Yemeni troops and their allies fatally shot 14 Saudi soldiers in the al-Alab border crossing of the region on Wednesday, presstv reported.
The Houthis, who are locked in war with Yemen's Saudi-backed government, earlier said they had conducted a "successful" firing of a short-range ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia's southwestern province of Najran -- which shares the same name as its capital -- and that it hit its target with "high accuracy," in a statement carried by their
Al-Masirah television channel.
Missile force announces the launch of a Burkan (Volcano) H-2 missile against the Yamamah Palace in Riyadh," the Houthis's official news outlet
Al-Masirah tweeted on Tuesday.
Saudi palaces, military and oil facilities are within range of such missiles, the Houthis said in a statement carried by the group's
Al-Masirah television.
The Iran-backed rebels admitted the attack in a statement on the Houthi-run
Al-Masirah television channel.
In a very serious precedent, the Gaza Magistrate's Court sentenced Hajar Harb, a woman journalist in the Arab television network and correspondent to the
Al-Masirah channel (a Yemeni channel), for six months and was fined NIS 1,000 ($ 280) because of an investigative report she published on corruption in the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
In addition, Ansarullah managed to capture a Saudi soldier, Ibrahim Araj Muhammad Hakami whose confession was broadcast on the group's news channel
Al-Masirah TV.
Yemen's
al-Masirah TV also reported on Friday that a senior Saudi commander and two other military staff had been killed in a mine blast in Jizan during clashes with Ansarullah fighters, backed by army units.
The Yemeni officer died along with several Saudi troops during clashes with Yemeni fighters,
al-Masirah reported on Monday.
The air defense of the tribes shot down a warplane over Wadi Nushur, in Saada," the rebels' northern stronghold, Houthi news channel
Al-Masirah said, broadcasting images of tribesmen celebrating around the wreckage of a plane.
In a speech, aired by
Al-Masirah TV channel this evening, Al-Houthi said that the decision to announce public mobilization targets Al-Qaeda and ISIL groups, not the southern governorates.
The Yemeni rebel-owned
Al-Masirah TV channel said hospitals were urging citizens to donate blood.