A Saudi soldier was killed in a landmine blast near the kingdom’s border with Yemen, the interior ministry said on Friday.

The explosion struck a Border Guards water tanker at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) Thursday in Saudi Arabia’s southern Jizan region, the ministry said.

It said Houthi fighters from Yemen were responsible for the blast.

Yemen has been since March 26, 2015 under brutal aggression by Saudi-led coalition.

Thousands have been martyred and injured in the attack, with the vast majority of them are civilians.

Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to fugitive ex-president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia.

Source: AFP