YEMEN Press Agency

12 UAE soldiers killed in Yemen army attack: official

TAIZ, Feb. 18 (YPA) – The Yemeni army killed 12 United Arab Emirates soldiers and destroyed  eight military vehicles in an attack  in Mouza district of the Yemeni southern province of Taiz on Sunday evening, , a military official told Yemen Press Agency.

The army set a tightened siege on the remaining UAE troops and allied militants in the area.

The attack took place while the UAE occupation forces were moving in a military convoy on their route to the front line in the country’s western coast.

The UAE convoy failed to escape the attack despite heavy air cover by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes.

 

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