A UAE soldier who was critically injured during Operation Decisive Storm in Yemen in 2015 passed away on Tuesday evening. Mohammed Atiq Salem bin Saluma Al Khaili had been in intensive care for nearly a decade.
The Ministry of Defence announced his death and offered sincere condolences to his family.
On December 31, 2023, the Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Festival will feature fireworks. In September 2015, 45 UAE soldiers were killed fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, marking the highest battlefield death toll in the country’s history.
A UAE minister had tweeted that a surface-to-surface missile caused an explosion in an ammunition depot, targeting the soldiers. Earlier, seven soldiers had died, bringing the total number of UAE soldiers killed in Yemen to 52.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen Heroes’ Affairs, offered his condolences to the soldier’s family.
Sheikh Theyab attended the mourning gathering held in the Abu Samra area in Al Ain.
