UAE Declares 3-Day Mourning To Honor Fallen Soldiers In Yemen

The United Arab Emirates government has declared a three-day mourning period following the killing of 22 Emirati soldiers in a blast at an ammunition depot in Yemen, state news agency WAM reported.
According to Ministry of Presidential Affairs in Abu Dhabi, the three-day official mourning will start on Saturday and that the national flag will be flown at half-mast.
The 22 soldiers were killed in an accident when a blast at an ammunition depot in the eastern Yemeni oil province of Marib.
The explosion also killed a number of Yemenis.
The UAE is part of a Saudi-led coalition comprising nine Arab states supporting Yemen's government under President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi against Shiite Houthi rebels.
So far, the UAE has lost 45 soldiers in the war in Yemen, according to WAM. (Cihan/Xinhua)