YEMEN – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a key member of the Saudi-ledcoalition fighting Huthi rebels in Yemen, said on Friday six of itssoldiers were killed in a “collision of military vehicles” while on duty.
It did not specify if the men died in Yemen, where tens of thousands ofpeople — most of them civilians — have been killed in the country’syears-old conflict between pro-government forces and the Iran-alignedrebels.
The armed forces announced “the martyrdom of six of its valiant soldiers asa result of a collision of military vehicles while carrying out theirnational duty in an operations field”, state news agency WAM reported.
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in March 2015 on the side of YemeniPresident Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
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In July, Abu Dhabi announced a troop drawdown in Yemen, a move that manysaw as an attempt to limit its losses amid escalating regional tensionswith Tehran.
The war in Yemen, which the United Nations calls the world’s worsthumanitarian crisis, has driven millions to the brink of famine. -APP/AFP
