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08:05, 14-Jun-2018
Four UAE soldiers killed in Saudi-led Yemen military campaign
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Four soldiers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were killed on Wednesday in a military campaign led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, UAE state news agency WAM reported.
Coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia and UAE began an all-out offensive to liberate the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from Iranian-allied Shiite Houthi rebels on Wednesday morning.
The coalition later announced the "liberation" of Hodeidah after the Houthi militias ignored the grace period for their departure.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition has been fighting the Shiite Houthi rebels since March 2015 to support the internationally-recognized government led by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency