Houthis move toward the Saudi border

Border guards sounded the alarm in Saudi Arabia after the rapid progress of the daily Houthis on the southern borders, which is a conduit for illegal activity at all times. Houthis and controlled large swaths of northern Yemen since the formation of the followers of them among the tribes of the region at the beginning of the third millennium, thanks to a campaign to demand the rights of the Zaidi Shiites. The Saudis are very concerned about the rapid progress of the Houthis on the southern borders, which is a conduit for illegal activity at all times. Shia Houthis and controlled a large part of the land along the border, which has a length of 1700 km and punctuated by towering mountains and vast tracts of desert hills and five years have seen a short border war with Saudi Arabia before the largest oil exporter in the world. Complete absence of border patrols Magnified is the absence of any sites and border patrols to guard the border at the southern side of the border, the only impediments to smugglers and infiltrators and groups that raise more concern in Saudi Arabia such as Al-Qaeda does not exist only on the Saudi side. Lt. Col. Hamid Asmari of border guards in Jazan province, which is one of the most active areas on the border, "We are working on our own." Almhnq arms market for Saudi border guards surrounded by sandbags site not only separated by a few hundred meters in the small village of mud across the valley roomy. When the guard stops to perform the Friday prayer sermons up to hear of imams Houthis from the other side of the valley. And when they look through their glasses magnifying see Houthi slogans written on the walls with paint "Death to America. Death to Israel." After the 2009-2010 war, which witnessed the area were evacuated from several villages or abandoned by her family and became a desolate where butterflies dancing over the walls of ruined houses and holes filled shells. And met with about 200 Saudi soldier killed in the war, which resulted from a dispute between Riyadh and the Houthis on the border line. Great control of the Houthis in northern Yemen Houthis and controlled large swaths of northern Yemen since the formation of the followers of them among the tribes of the region at the beginning of the third millennium, thanks to a campaign to demand the rights of the Zaidi Shiites. After a run of six inconclusive wars with the central government dominated by the Houthis in the capital Sanaa in September / September last and are now a major force in the political life in Yemen. And rarely speaks to the movement Western media did not respond to a request for comments to this report. Saudi Arabia is concerned about the links that bind the Houthis and Iran fears that seek to mimic the role played by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Saudis also concerned another strategic risk stems from Yemen, where stationed Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which declared war on the ruling Al Saud family in Saudi Arabia launched a cross-border raid to the east of this region last July. At the present time make enmity between the Houthis and the organization and the presence of al-Qaeda militants in the border region of Jizan is unlikely. Al-Qaeda has been announced in the Arabian Peninsula that Shi'ite infidels and systems suicide attacks against them while Houthis vowed to crush the organization in Yemen. For guards who monitor the border, the biggest source of concern is that the border controlled by a group consisting primarily of local tribesmen living on smuggling. The Asmari said border guards arrested the men last year in Jazan alone 235 thousand people trying to cross the border in violation of the law in 2800 and seized weapons, including assault rifles, grenades and small missiles and 16 tons of hashish. Saudi Arabia is working on a road shrouded new border fence from both sides in addition to the deployment of high columns mounted with cameras and radar equipment that allows guards to monitor the border on a fully extended and move quickly to send patrols. But the completion of this project will take years. Although the work was going on for many years since it walked at a slow pace due to the rugged terrain and legal disputes over the ownership of the land, as well as war. At the same time, the region will continue to be the most dangerous areas in Saudi Arabia. In the past year, two of the men in Jazan border guards killed at the hands of smugglers. The men said border guards in the control site in another site more up in the mountains that they aim their shots from distance in some cases. When entering the 50 meters in the bush -oho what makes them actually inside Yemeni territory stop waiting for the departure of the rotating Arabia. In another site stands another group in the bush consider the Saudi guards then lifted one of its members to briefly what appears to be a weapon. This contrasts tension in stark contrast with the picturesque nature and tranquility that prevails in the region.