ICEJ NEWS REPORTS:
The Islamic State (IS) terror militia claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide terror attack against a mosque used by members of the local security forces in Abha, the capital of Asir province in southwest Saudi Arabia. 15 people were killed in the attack and many more wounded, making it among the most deadly of a series of similar attacks claimed by IS in Saudi Arabia. In related news, reports out of Yemen indicate that Saudi Arabia has sent hundreds of Yemeni soldiers who had fled from an onslaught by Iranian-backed Shi’ite Houthi rebels last year back into their home country after a program to retrain them. Some reports add that the re-trained and organized Yemeni units are reinforced with some of Saudi Arabia’s newest and most powerful tanks and other advanced weapons. Earlier this week, troops loyal to the Saudi-backed Hadi regime retook the country’s largest airbase of Al-Anad after pushing Houthi forces out of the southern port of Aden.
