Saudi media admitted that 40 Saudi soldiers killed and dozens others were wounded last October in battles with the army and popular committees south of the kingdom .
The official spokesman for Ansur Allah Mohammed Abdul Salam revealed an escalation of military operations by the army and committees in the Saudi regions of Najran, Assir and Jizan.
He said that the military commanders in the field are left with the decision to move in accordance with purely military, not political decision and that the military front with the Saudi army is a priority to make Saudi Arabia to stop its aggression on Yemen .
Saudi media usually hide the real numbers of Saudi soldiers killed and more than 40 Saudi soldiers are expected to be killed in October 2017 .