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RIYADH: A Saudi soldier has been killed in shelling from across the border in Yemen, the interior ministry announced on Wednesday.
He died on Tuesday in a strike on a border guards' observation post in the Harth district of Jazan in the kingdom's south, the ministry said.
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Around 90 civilians and soldiers have been killed in shelling and skirmishes in Saudi border regions since March when a Saudi-led military coalition began air and ground action in Yemen against Iran-backed rebels.
The coalition is supporting local forces against the Houthi rebels who seized territory, including the capital Sanaa, from the internationally recognised government.
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More than 5,800 people have been killed in Yemen since March, about half of them civilians, according to the United Nations.
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