New Bahraini Losses in Yemen: 2 Killed, Aircraft Crashed
Local Editor
Two Bahraini officers contributing to the deadly Saudi aggression against Yemen were killed in a Saudi border region.
The state-run Bahrain News Agency said the deaths took place at the restive Saudi southern frontier with Yemen on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a statement released by the Bahrain Defense Force identified the officers as Captain Ahmed Mohammed Ameen and Captain Mubarak Saad Rumaihi, adding that some other Bahraini officers were injured in Tuesday’s incident.
The statement did not say when or how the men were killed. However, many soldiers from Saudi Arabia and its allies partaking in the aggression against Yemen have been killed in the past.
Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Colombia have dispatched army forces in support of the Saudi military offensive against Yemen.
This comes as media reported that a Bahraini air force F-16 jet taking part in airstrikes against Yemen crashed in Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border, the Saudi-led coalition announced on Wednesday.
Aircraft commander Capt. Ali Jassim has survived the incident and was hospitalized, the Al Riyadh daily said.
The Al Saud regime began its military aggression against Yemen in late March, without a UN mandate.
More than 7,500 people have been killed and over 14,000 others injured since March. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.
