Krigsfly fra Saudi-Arabia bombet onsdag jemenittiske shia-opprørere på grensen mellom de to land. Saudi-Arabia hevder at opprørerne drepte en grensevakt og krysset grensen.

Opprørerne fra Houthi-stammen tilhører en shia-sekt og Saudi-Arabia er sterkt mostander av shiaene. Kongedømmet har forsøkt å støtte sunni-muslimske jihadister i området.

Det er fare for at Jemen kan bli destabilisert. Tusener skal være drept siden augusst.

Saudi warplanes bombed a group of Yemeni rebels late Wednesday on the countries’ remote border, a day after the rebels overran a strategic hilltop and killed a Saudi border guard.

The air strikes appeared to signal an expansion of the war against the Houthi rebels, who have been fighting the Yemeni government intermittently for more than five years. In August, the Yemeni government launched a renewed offensive against the Houthis, and thousands have been killed in the fighting.

The Saudis struck on Wednesday after evacuating several villages along the border, and the Saudi army began reinforcing its presence in the area, said a Saudi security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. There was no word from either side on deaths or injuries in the strike.

Saudi Warplanes Strike at Yemeni Rebels