Along the Saudi-Yemeni border
Along the Saudi-Yemeni border, near the town of Addayer, soldiers from the Saudi Arabia border guard organize a patrol of vehicles.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)“Our border is a red line,” says Lt. Col. Hamed Alahmari, a spokesman for the Saudi Interior Ministry guards who patrol the highly porous frontier with Yemen.
Saudi guards work at a border crossing to Yemen near Jizan.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Saudi border guards patrol near the town of Addayer, watching for immigrants and drug smugglers crossing from Yemen.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Saudi border guards detain Ethiopians caught trying to cross from Yemen.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Yemenis are taken into custody after trying to cross into Saudi Arabia illegally. They did not have any drugs or weapons, Saudi border guards said.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Guards patrol in Saudi Arabia along the border with Yemen near the town of Addayer.
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Abdullah Ahmed Amel, transporting a load of onions from Yemen to Saudi Arabia, pauses to speak about the situation in Yemen.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Near Jizan, Saudi border guards stand watch.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Near the town of Addayer, immigrants are detained in a hot room without water or facilities after being caught trying to cross from Yemen into Saudi Arabia.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)A Saudi border guard keeps watch in the rugged terrain near Yemen.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Would-be immigrants are returned to Yemen at a border crossing near Jizan, Saudi Arabia.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)A dog walks through the fence that divides Yemen and Saudi Arabia, a desert region where many Yemenis try to cross.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Border guards near Jizan in Saudi Arabia.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)The Saudi-Yemeni border near Jizan.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Abdula Mohammed Al Masrud stands watch at a Saudi guard station along the border with Yemen.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)