DHAKA: The first troops from Saudi Arabia’s National Guard have been deployed on the border with Yemen.

Official media said late on Sunday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Monday.

They will join members of the border guard and the army who have reinforced the frontier since March 26 when a Saudi-led coalition began air strikes against Shia Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen.

The vanguard of National Guard troops ‘have arrived in Najran region to participate in the defense of the southern borders... so as to confront any possible threats,’ the official Saudi Press Agency said.

King Salman announced on April 21 the National Guard’s mobilization, just hours before the coalition declared an end to its air campaign dubbed ‘Operation Decisive Storm’.

BDST: 1459 HRS, APR 27, 2015
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