Number of Emirati soldiers killed in Yemen fighting: WAM

A number of soldiers from the United Arab Emirates have been killed while taking part in a Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen's dominant Houthi group, UAE state news agency WAM said on Friday.

Saudi Arabia and a coalition of other Sunni Muslim states have been fighting since March to restore Yemen's exiled government and to repel the Iran-allied Shia Houthis, who took control of the capital Sana’a in September.

At least five other Emirati soldiers have been killed in Yemen since the offensive began.

The WAM report did not give details on how many have been killed or how they died.