Saudi-led campaign against Houthis in Yemen may be at impasse

Soldiers with the Royal Saudi Land Forces are positioned on Jebel Al Dukhan, a 6,600-foot mountain on the Saudi Arabia-Yemeni border, as Operation Decisive Storm goes into its fourth week.

Saudi military forces fire live rounds into Yemen from positions inside Saudi territory. The rocket range is approximately 30 kilometers.

Maj. Gen. Marei bin Salem Al-Shahrani answers questions from members of the Saudi news media as they prepare for a trip to the frontline of Operation Decisive Storm.

Saudi military forces are positioned at the border with Yemen.

A Saudi sniper lies in position during an organized visit from the news media to the post at the Yemen border, near the town of Dukhan, Saudi Arabia.

Soldiers with the Royal Saudi Land Forces are in position less than one kilometer from the Saudi-Yemeni border.

A convoy of vehicles carrying members of the news media is taken up Jebel Dukhan, a mountain on Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen.

Saudi military forces line up during a visit by the news media to their position near the Yemen border.

In the vacant town of Romeh, Saudi Arabia, buildings are pockmarked by artillery fire from Saudi forces as they pushed back an incursion by Houthi rebels in 2009. The town remains deserted.