Border Guard keeps close eye on frontier

Saudi Arabia has documented more than 600 cases of Houthi incursions along the Saudi-Yemeni border since the beginning of Operation Decisive Storm until Friday.
Despite the difficult terrain, there is night surveillance by Border Guard. This surveillance enables the Saudis to use appropriate force to attack the Houthi positions and prevent incursions into Saudi territory.
Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, consultant at the minister of defense’s office, said that coalition forces had attacked the Houthis south of the Saudi border since the start of the military operation.
Lt. Hassan Aqeeli, head of the Border Guard in Jazan, said there were three methods of border surveillance. One is using surveillance towers. There is mobile surveillance carried out by special vehicles in certain areas and there are instruments carried by soldiers as they move around.
Aqeeli said the systems provided the Border Guard with the ability to monitor movements on both sides of the border and gave soldiers the means to detect any incursion.
“The Border Guard are on duty 24/7 in very rough and difficult terrain,” he added.