Local Editor

Hundreds of Sudanese ground troops reportedly arrived in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Saturday, as another foreign group who are to join the Saudis in the aggression against Yemen. 

A military source in Aden said that 300 Sudanese soldiers and officers arrived by sea on Saturday.

Some sources noted that the move comes after heavy losses were inflicted upon the Emirati force operating in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition.

According to the Sudanese army spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Khalifa Alshami, he said that, "Our troops in Yemen are ready to do their military task under the command of the alliance military leadership" and added that, "Sudan is committed to restore legitimacy in Yemen". 

A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression on Yemen by launching airstrikes against the country since March 26. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the United Nations [UN].

The ’civilian’ death toll in Yemen has risen to more than 2,300 with more than 4,000 other civilians wounded in the fighting in the country that has raged for more than a year now, according to the UN recently this month [September]. Yet, other organizations put the death toll at much higher.