Saudis say tracking Yemen rebel groups headed to border
By HAMZA HENDAWI and AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press
Mar 28, 2015 12:25 PM CDT
Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, walk on the tarmac at Sanaa International Airport, Yemen, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Yemen's President Abed Raboo Mansour Hadi, speaking at the opening session of an Arab summit in Egypt on Saturday, called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country "stooges of...   (Associated Press)

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Saudi Arabia says that multiple groups of Yemeni Shiite rebels are moving toward the two countries' shared border.

The Gulf kingdom is leading a coalition of countries conducting airstrikes against the rebels, known as Houthis. Speaking from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Ahmed Asiri, a spokesman of the coalition campaign, told reporters that the coalition was tracking at least two rebel groups.

Asiri promises that Saudi Arabia and the coalition "will not allow" the Houthis to cross or threaten the Saudi border.

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