The United Arab Emirates has officially confirmed the death of its second officer in the Yemeni conflict.
The General Command of UAE Armed Forces said in a statement on Thursday that First Lieutenant Abdul Aziz Sarhan Saleh Al Kaabi has died in Yemen, without elaborating on the exact date, location or circumstances of the officer's death.
Kaabi is the second Emirati serviceman to have been killed in Yemen since Riyadh launched its deadly airstrikes against the country on March 26, in a bid to fight the Houthi movement and restore power to the fugitive president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Back in June, a non-commissioned UAE officer identified as Hazim Obaid Al Ali died during military training for participation in the Saudi war on the impoverished Arab country.
The UAE has actively assisted Saudi Arabia in its coalition-led airstrikes.
Dozens of Saudi officers and soldiers have also lost their lives over the past three months in retaliatory attacks launched from inside Yemen. Scores of non-Saudi servicemen, including nationals of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf region, have also died during the battle.
The Saudi offensive has claimed the lives of more than 3,800 people in Yemen, according to the estimates provided by the United Nations agencies.
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