Saudi soldier killed in mine blast near Yemen border

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Sun, 23 Jul 2017 - 07:22 GMT

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Sun, 23 Jul 2017 - 07:22 GMT

audi Arabia has the third largest defence budget in the world. But its armed forces, seen here at a ceremony for air force officers at King Faisal military college in Riyadh in 2009, have struggled in the guerrilla conflict in Yemen. REUTERS

audi Arabia has the third largest defence budget in the world. But its armed forces, seen here at a ceremony for air force officers at King Faisal military college in Riyadh in 2009, have struggled in the guerrilla conflict in Yemen. REUTERS

RIYADH - 23 July 2017: A Saudi border guard was killed on Sunday in a mine blast near the country’s border with Yemen, the Interior Ministry said.

The guard was on patrol in the southern Asir province when the mine exploded, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

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