TEHRAN (FNA)- Military sources disclosed that Saudi Arabia has dispatched thousands of Takfiri terrorists to Yemen to fight against the revolutionary forces in the Arab country.

"Saudi Arabia has sent around 5,000 Takfiri mercenaries to fight against the Yemeni army and revolutionary committees," Yemeni Army Commander Colonel Abdel Sattar al-Boushali told FNA on Saturday night.


The Yemeni commander, meantime, disclosed that the Saudi defense minister has asked Turkish officials to pave the grounds for the transfer of more terrorists from Turkish airports to Riyadh.


He noted that heavy clashes broke out between the terrorist groups and forces loyal to Yemen's revolutionary committees.


Colonel al-Boushali reiterated that Saudi Arabia is plotting to hire mercenaries to assassinate supporters of Ansarullah movement, including the movement's representative Abdel Karim al-Kheivani.


On Saturday, a senior member of the popular Ansarullah movement warned of immediate attacks on Saudi territories if the latter refrains from putting an immediate halt to its aggression against Yemen.


"As the Ansarullah movement has promised collapse of some Arab regimes supporting the terrorists, if Saudi Arabia continues its aggressions against the oppressed Yemeni people the Ansarullah fighters will pave the way for the Saudi regime's destruction by conducting martyrdom-seeking (suicidal) operations inside Saudi Arabia in the coming hours," member of Ansarullah Executive Committee Abdel Mon'em Al-Qurashi told FNA.


He reiterated that Israel and Al Saud are on the same front and Saudi Arabia is taking orders from Washington and Tel Aviv.


"The main cause of the Saudi aggression is the failure of Riyadh's policies in support of fugitive Yemeni President Mansour Hadi and Takfiri groups and its disappointment at them," Al-Qurashi added.


He reiterated that the Yemeni army and people will give a crushing response to the Saudi aggressors.


On Friday, Ansarullah Spokesman Zeifollah al-Shami said Yemeni tribes, army and popular forces are united to give a crushing response to the recent Saudi aggression, adding that Tel Aviv and Washington have ordered Riyadh to attack Yemen.


"We know that the Saudi aggression and airstrikes have taken place at the order of Israel and the US," al-Shami told FNA.


He noted that the Yemeni people have put aside their differences to fight against the aggressors.


"God willingly, the crushing response to the aggressions of the Saudi enemy will come coming days," al-Shami added.


Saudi Arabia started airstrikes against Yemen early Thursday, one day after the US-backed Yemeni president fled the country.


Riyadh claimed that it has bombed the positions of the Ansarullah fighters and launched attacks against the Sana'a airport and the Dulaimi airbase.


But despite Riyadh's claims, Saudi warplanes have flattened a number of homes near Sana’a international airport.


At least 60 Yemeni civilians, including women and children, have been killed and tens of other wounded in the Saudi airstrikes in the last four days.



Five Persian Gulf States -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait -- backed by the US have declared war on Yemen in a joint statement issued earlier Thursday.
US President Barack Obama authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to the military operations, National Security Council Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said late Wednesday night.


She added that while US forces were not taking direct military action in Yemen, Washington was establishing a Joint Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia to coordinate US military and intelligence support.


The Saudi aggression has received growing international condemnation as it is pushing the region and the world into an unprecedented fast-growing war as its ISIL mercenaries are on the brink of complete annihilation in Iraq and Syria.


By Fars News Agency