Conflict in Najran

Conflict in Najran
Date 25 April 2015 – present (9 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) Location Najran Region, Saudi Arabia Result Ongoing Attack is supported by Yemeni republican guard. Saudi was able to retake outposts that was overrun by houthis. Houthis capture outposts, border crossings and several sites inside Saudi Arabia Houthis capture the saudi town of Al-Rabouah and advance towards the city of Najran
Belligerents
Saudi Armed Forces	Houthis Ahrar Najran (since 19 June 2015)
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Awad bin Eid Al-Balawi	Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi Abu Bakr Abu Ahmed as-Salami

Conflict in Najran is an armed conflict between troops of Saudi Arabia and Houthi insurgents in the province Nadzhran of Saudi Arabia, and also rocket attacks on border territories of Nadzhran. The conflict began in response to the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.

History

On 5 May 2015, after shelling by Houthis of neighborhood of the city of Najran, the authority of the country temporarily closed local educational institutions and the airport.

On June 19, the group of political activists — representatives of various tribes of the province Najran located in the south of Saudi Arabia on border with Yemen — created the military-political movement Akhrar an-Najhran Free citizens of Najran, the purpose of which is to fight for independence of Saudi Arabia. Najran's tribes which adjoined the new organization declared independence of the province and declared accession to the Yemen troops in fight against the Saudi authorities as Riyadh, according to their version, "broke all contracts signed earlier with tribes".

On 20 June, fighters of the Ahrar Najran movement seized Lookout Outpost in the south of the Kingdom. At the same time passed bloody collisions in the Saudi Borders.