A member of the Saudi border guards force man a machine gun mounted on a military truck positioned on Saudi Arabia’s northern borderline, in this July 14, 2014 file photo.

Saudi forces early on Thursday completed a two-day battle against Houthi infiltrators at the Jazan border.

Sources said that more than 40 Houthi fighters were killed as they were attempting to sneak into the Kingdom through Hathira, one of the border villages in Jazan. Hundreds of other forces later withdrew.

Membersof Houthi militias and the Republican Guards of ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh attempted to control the village using snipers, Hawn and Katyusha missiles.

The sources described Houthi militia and Republican Guard operations as suicide attacks where a group would storm Saudi armored vehicles stationed on the border, using light weapons; at the same time, a group from the back would help the attackers by launching sniper attacks as well as firing Katyushas and mortar shells. However, all these attacks failed.

As dozens of the Houthis were killed on the first day, several of them withdrew only to return on the second day to attempte the same maneuvers.

Saudi forces used different kinds of artillery throughout the day while Apache helicopters conducted night operations along the entire borderline.

The Houthi militias and the Republican Guards tried using different tactics in this battle. Some of their snipers buried themselves under the soil and they used fake soldier modules in an attempt to divert the attention of the Saudi forces.

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