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RIYADH, March 6 (KUNA) -- Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan
bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud announced here Saturday that the file of missing Saudi
soldiers on the South borders had been closed with the return of the missing
and deceased.
According to the Saudi Press Agency, Prince Khaled said that Saudi Arabia
was happy that three of the Saudi soldiers returned home and also, though
grieved, it was also thankful that the bodies of several soldiers were
retrieved.
The Saudi leadership would like to take the chance and laud the bravery of
its soldiers who fiercely defended their country at the time of need,
concluded the official.
The Saudi Army was in conflict with Houthi rebels, who were at war with the
Yemeni government. The army fended its Southern territories against incursions
of the Yemeni rebels. (end)
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