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UAE homage to bravehearts

, September 5, 2015

A handout picture released by Emirates News Agency (WAM) shows Emirati soldiers carrying coffins of some of the UAE soldiers who died during the military operation 'Operation Restore Hope' under the Saudi Arabia-led Arab alliance in Yemen during the funeral ceremony at Al Bateen Airport in Abu Dhabi on September 5.

Forty-five Emirati troops were killed on Friday (September 4) in an apparent missile strike in eastern Yemen, the heaviest losses yet for an alliance of Gulf states who have joined the fight against Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

The incident marks the greatest loss of life in the history the Gulf state's armed forces - as well as the clearest indication yet of the key role its troops are playing in the fight against the rebels inside Yemen.

 




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