A mine explosion near the Yemeni border has killed three Saudi Armed Forces servicemen and wounded one other, local media reported Monday, citing military sources.



According to the Ajil newspaper, the mine went off in the Jizan region in the western part of the Saudi-Yemeni border as a group of Saudi border guards was patrolling the region.



The injured serviceman were taken to hospital, the news outlet added.



Yemen has been in the grip of a brutal civil war since 2015. The war is being waged between the internationally recognised government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Houthi movement backed by army units loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. In March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf countries launched airstrikes against the Houthis at Hadi's request.