Yemen's Shiite rebels' heavy cross-border fire into Saudi Arabia has killed a soldier and a senior border guard commander on Sep. 26, Saturday.

Major General Mansour Al-Turki, Interior Ministry spokesman, was quoted by the official of the state-run Saudi Press Agency as stating that a soldier and Colonel Hassan Ghashoum Aqyli, Harth border sector's commander---the border located in Jizan province---were both killed by heavy fire that came from the inside of Yemen. Aside from the two who were killed, four other soldiers were also wounded, according to The Washington Post.

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The cross-border firing as well as the shelling has been common since a Saudi-led coalition began a campaign of airstrikes earlier this year, in March, against Yemen's Shiite rebels that are better known as Houthis. Emirati, Saudi, and allied Yemeni ground troops are presently trying to take again Yemen's capital, Sanaa, which was seized by the said rebels in 2014.

According to Yahoo News, the airstrikes led by Saudi in Sanaa killed more than 15 Houthi fighters and allied loyalists of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sep. 25, Friday.

Moreover, Houthis then in Marib repelled an attack, killing five anti-rebel fighters as the province became a major battleground, which is east of Sanaa.

Meanwhile, airstrikes in the Red Sea port of Mocha killed six Houthis, according to local medical officials. Also, six tribesmen who fought against the Houthis were killed in clashes in the central Bayda province, according to security officials who are merely neutral in the conflict.

Yemen has been involved in fighting that pits the rebel Houthis and Saleh loyalists against the Saudi-backed and internationally recognized government as well as southern separatists, Sunni extremists, and local militias. The fight killed over 2,100 civilians, according to the United Nations' figures.

It is said that officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not given the authority to talk to press and reporters.

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