Abdulrahman bin Saad al-Shahrani ( ar, عبدالرحمن بن سعد الشهراني; died August 2015) was a
major general
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of the
Royal Saudi Land Forces
Royal Saudi Land Forces ( ar, القُوَّاتُ البَرِّيَّةُ المَلَكِيَّة السُّعُودِيَّة, Al-Quwwat al-Bariyah al-Malakiyah as-Su'udiyah) is the land warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of Saudi Ara ...
who was killed during the
Saudi-led intervention in the
Yemeni Civil War Yemeni Civil War may refer to several historical events which have taken place in Yemen:
*Alwaziri coup, February – March 1948
*Yemeni–Adenese clan violence, 1956–60
*North Yemen Civil War, 1962–70
*Aden Emergency, 1963–67
*South Yemen#Di ...
. He commanded the 18th Brigade and was killed by an artillery strike from
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
by the
Houthis
The Houthi movement (; ar, ٱلْحُوثِيُّون ''al-Ḥūthīyūn'' ), officially called Ansar Allah (' ''Partisans of God'' or ''Supporters of God'') and colloquially simply Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement that ...
while inspecting troops at a
border post
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. He was one of the most senior Saudi officers killed in the
cross-border fire during the
Yemeni conflict.
References
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Saudi Arabian military personnel killed in the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
2015 deaths
Place of birth missing
Year of birth missing