Five British Special Forces troops wounded in Yemen

SANAA, March 25 (YPA) – At least five British Special Forces commandos have been wounded in gun battles as part of a top-secret UK military campaign in Yemen, The  Daily Mail reported on Sunday.

According to the Mail on Sunday the Royal Air Force also has “boots on the ground”: RAF engineers sent to Saudi Arabia to repair the kingdom’s fleet of military aircraft came under fire last week when Yemeni army launched drone’ strike on the King Khalid airbase, where they are maintaining Tornado jets used to bomb largely civilian populated areas in Yemen.

According to reports, the drone exploded on the runway, destroying two Tornados. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said that no UK personnel were wounded.

Former Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell called on the Government to provide further explanations to Parliament about the role of the British troops, saying that the UK was “shamefully complicit” in Saudi Arabia’s role in Yemen.

E.M