SANAA (Dispatches) – Saudi Arabia suffers new losses in its ongoing war on neighboring Yemen, with a spy drone shot down and more troops and mercenaries killed by Houthi fighters.
A military source said Yemeni army soldiers and allied Houthi fighters downed a Saudi drone in Midi Desert in the northwestern Hajjah Province on Sunday.
Yemeni fighters also foiled an attempt by Saudi mercenaries to infiltrate into a military base in Dhale Province, the Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported.
Separately, Sudan’s army spokesperson Ahmed Khalifa al-Shami said two of the African country’s troops were killed and several others injured in Yemen.
Last month, the Sudanese army said five of its soldiers had been killed and 22 others injured in Yemen.
On Saturday, Yemeni army snipers shot dead two Saudi soldiers in two separate military bases in the kingdom’s southern Najran region.
Additionally, a unit of the Yemeni military targeted a place of gathering for Saudi mercenaries in Midi Desert.
After more than two years of constant military strikes from the air, sea, and land, and a total embargo on Yemen, Saudi Arabia has been unable to reinstall the former Riyadh-allied Yemeni regime or eliminate the Houthi movement.
Saudi Arabia enjoys backing from its allies such as Sudan in the protracted war which has has already killed over 12,000 Yemenis, according to recent tallies.

Cholera Outbreak

As the unrest in the impoverished country continues, the International Committee of the Red Cross says cholera has claimed the lives of at least 115 people and left thousands of others ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an influx of patients in the conflict-plagued impoverished Arab country.
Dominik Stillhart, the ICRC director of operations, said in a news conference in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, on Sunday that the deaths occurred between April 27 and May 13.
"We now are facing a serious outbreak of cholera," Stillhart said, citing figures compiled by the Yemeni Health Ministry.
Over 8,500 suspected cases of the waterborne disease were reported in the same period in 14 governorates across Yemen, Stillhart added.
The latest figures are up from 2,300 cases in 10 governorates last week.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Stillhart said hospitals were filled beyond capacity with patients displaying symptoms of cholera.
"There are up to four cholera patients in one single bed," Stillhart said. "There are people in the garden, and some even in their cars with the IV drip hanging from the window."
Sherine Varkey, a UNICEF deputy representative, said patients spilled out of hospital rooms into the corridors of Sabeen hospital in Sana’a on Saturday.