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TWENTY-TWO soldiers of the United Arab Emirates were killed in Yemen yesterday.
The troops perished when a Houthi missile hit a weapons storage depot close to their location. It is the largest loss of life sustained by the despotic Gulf confederation so far in the Yemeni conflict, where it has joined the Saudi-led coalition seeking to crush the Houthi rebellion and restore power to exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
Clashes between Houthis and pro-Hadi forces, as well as air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition, intensified this week in Marib as the opposing sides gear up for a critical battle over the coming days.
Despite regular Saudi bombing raids which have caused huge civilian casualties in the poverty-stricken nation the Houthis, who are fighting alongside forces loyal to former long-term president Ali Abdullah Saleh, still control the capital city Sanaa and most of the country.
