Two Bangladesh nationals were killed in mortar attacks from Yemen around Samtah General Hospital in Jizan Region of Saudi Arabia early yesterday, reports agencies. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam confirmed the death of the two Bangladesh nationals in the attacks. Two Bangladesh nationals - hospital cleaning staff Nuru from Tangail and Baten from B’Baria died on the spot, he posted on his official Facebook page. He also said few others were injured in the attacks and were admitted to hospital. Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Golam Moshi confirmed the news of Bangladeshi nationals' deaths to the foreign ministry in Bangladesh, said sources.
International media reported that the Yemeni army, backed by popular committees, have entered Saudi military bases in the Kingdom’s southwestern region of Asir. The video footage released by Yemen's al-Masirah television network on Friday showed Yemeni forces advancing into Saudi military bases in the region, destroying the vehicles and equipment of the Saudi army. The Saudi soldiers, who could not resist the Yemeni offensive, fled the area, reports added.
The attack was part of Yemen’s retaliatory measures against Saudi Arabia over Riyadh's unabated military campaign in the impoverished Arab country, the TV report claimed. Earlier on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen's Shiite rebels pounded the insurgents' positions with heavy artillery fire on the outskirts of the central city of Marib, part of their push to retake the capital, Sanaa.
The heavy bombardment came hours after the rebels, known as Houthis, aired footage on their satellite television channel purporting to show a Saudi soldier held as a prisoner of war. A top al-Qaeda leader in Yemen meanwhile praised the  campaign against the Houthis and called for Islamic rule in Yemen.
On March 26, Saudi Arabia began its military campaign against Yemen in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh. The military campaign supported by a coalition of Arab countries, however, does not carry a UN mandate.
The war in Yemen pits the Saudi-led coalition against Iranian-backed Houthis and troops loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Others opposing the Houthis include southern separatists, local and tribal militias, Sunni Islamic militants and troops loyal to Hadi.
A missile attack on an ammunition depot at the Emirati forward operating base at Saffer in Marib province on Sept. 4 killed 52 Emirati troops, as well as at least 10 soldiers from Saudi Arabia and five from Bahrain. It was the heaviest military loss for the Emirates since its founding in 1971. According to the UN, the conflict has so far left about 4,500 people dead and thousands of others wounded. Local Yemeni sources, however, say the fatality figure is much higher; Press TV reported.