Yemeni forces kill 5 Bahraini, 16 Saudi, 45 UAE troops

Saturday, 5 September 2015

Yemeni forces kill 5 Bahraini, 16 Saudi, 45 UAE troops

Saudi and Bahraini troops meet on the Yemeni border (file photo)

Five Bahraini military personnel have been killed in southern Saudi Arabia, where they had been deployed to contribute to Riyadh's deadly aggression against Yemen.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported the deaths on Friday but did not specify where on the Saudi border the soldiers had been killed.

The General Headquarters of the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) confirmed the deaths of the five non-commissioned officers.

Those killed "are Sergeant-Major Mohammed Nabil Hamad, First-Sergeant Mohammed Hafedh Yunis, First-Sergeant Abdul-Qadir Hassan Al-Alas, First-Sergeant Hassan Eqbal Mohammed and Corporal Abdul-Moneim Ali Hussain," reported BNA quoting BDF.

Earlier on Friday, the United Arab Emirates state news agency WAM had announced the death of 22 soldiers from the UAE in Yemen while taking part in the Saudi aggression against Yemen. The news agency later put the death toll at 45, saying 23 forces had succumbed to their injuries.

The Emirati troops were killed in an arms depot blast at a military base in Safer in oil-rich Marib Province, 250 kilometers (150 miles) east of the capital Sana'a, a source at the scene said. The Ansarullah fighters said the blast was caused by a rocket attack.

In a separate attack, at least 16 Saudi soldiers were killed in an ambush by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters and their allied army units near the Mash’al base in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan region.