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Bodies of four Emirati martyrs repatriated

Thursday, 8 October 2015 07:41

The bodies of four Emirati soldiers killed in Yemen’s port city of Aden have been repatriated. The martyrs’ bodies arrived at Abu Dhabi’s Al Bateen Airport Wednesday night and were accorded a special military honour in the presence of senior armed forces’ officers The UAE soldiers were part of the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition’s ‘Operation Restoring Hope’, which backs the legitimate government of Yemen. They were among 15 coalition troops killed in Tuesday’s attacks, which targeted a hotel used by senior Yemeni government officials.

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