Alwaght- A military helicopter operating for the Saudi-led coalition currently engaged in an illegal war against Yemen has crashed.
Local sources say the chopper belonging to the United Arab Emirates army along the Bariqa coastal region. Reports say the pilot and co-pilot of the UAE military helicopter died after their aircraft crashed on Monday.
The General Command of the UAE Armed Forces confirmed the accident happened during the military aircraft’s participation in the Saudi -led aggression on Yemen
The Yemen war has been costly for the UAE. In September last year 45 Emirati troops were killed by a retaliatory rocket launched by the Yemeni resistance fighters. It was the worst day in the history of the country’s military.
Nearly 10,000 Yemenis have been killed during the illegal Saudi-led aggression on Yemen since March 2015, with the vast majority of them being innocent civilians including women and children.
Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to fugitive president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to the Saudi regime.
The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the country’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, markets, schools, factories and mosques.
