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SANAA, Yemen — Forty- five troops
from the United Arab Emirates were
killed in Yemen while taking part in
Saudi- led operations against Shiite rebels,
the Gulf nation said Friday, in the
deadliest day for its military in its 44-
year history.
The UAE’s minister of state for foreign
affairs, Anwar Gargash, said the
troops were killed when a rebel missile
struck an ammunition depot. On his official
Twitter feed, he said the “ cowardly
attack will not deter us.”
Pro- government Yemeni security
officials said the missile strike took
place in the province of Marib, about
120 kilometres east of the capital
Sanaa. Officials from the media office
of the Shiite rebel movement known
as the Houthis confirmed they fired a
Soviet- era Tochka missile in the area.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized
to talk to the press.
The deaths pointed to the increasingly
prominent role of the Emirates
on the ground in Yemen’s war — both
in troops and hardware — though the
government has never made clear the
full extent of their role or the numbers
of troops involved.
In a series of messages on his official
Twitter feed, Sheikh Mohammed
bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the powerful
crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy
supreme commander of the UAE
armed forces, praised the troops for
their sacrifice and said the UAE would
continue to support the Saudi- led campaign
in Yemen.
“ The sons of the UAE continue to
show resilience and bravery in support
of our Yemeni brothers against injustice
and aggression,” he said.
The U. S.- allied Emirates, a federation
of seven small Gulf states including
Dubai and the oil- rich capital of
Abu Dhabi, is one of the most prominent
members of the Saudi- led coalition,
which aims to roll back gains by
the Shiite rebels and their allies in the
deeply impoverished Arabian Peninsula
country. The Saudi- led and U. S.-
backed coalition, made up mainly of
Gulf nations, has been launching airstrikes
against the rebels since March.
But the UAE is the only country that
has acknowledged having troops on
the ground in Yemen in the conflict.
Yemeni security officials have said
Saudi, Emirati, Egyptian and Jordanian
military advisers are training hundreds
of fighters at a military base in
Aden.
The Houthi rebels took over Sanaa
a year ago and soon after swept over
other parts of the country, driving
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi
into self- imposed exile in Saudi Arabia.
The Houthis are backed by army
units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah
Saleh, and fighting has raged in
multiple parts of the country between
those forces and those loyal to Hadi as
well as southern separatists and local
militias opposed to the Houthis.
Bahrain’s state news agency also reported
Friday five of its soldiers were
killed while “ defending the southern
border of Saudi Arabia.” It didn’t give
specifics. Yemen is the only country on
Saudi Arabia’s southern border where
there is fighting, and Houthis have frequently
shelled across the frontier.
The Emirati deaths came amid
heavy clashes and intensified coalition
airstrikes in Marib province, as the
opposing sides gear up for a critical
battle over the coming days. Pro- government
forces want to clear Marib
province of Houthi fighters, then proceed
on to neighbouring Jawf province
to the north then to Saada, the Houthis’
stronghold in the north, the security
officials said.
— The Associated Press
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W ASHINGTON — Hosting Saudi
Arabia’s new monarch for the
first time, U. S. President Barack
Obama said Friday the U. S. shares
King Salman’s desire for an inclusive
government in Yemen that can relieve
that impoverished Arab country’s humanitarian
crisis. Their talks also addressed
the Iran nuclear deal, a source
of lingering tension in the U. S.- Saudi
relationship.
Since March, the U. S. has been supporting
a Saudi- led intervention against
Yemen’s Iran- aided Shiite rebels, who
have chased the country’s U. S.- recognized
president into exile. But the Obama
administration is concerned about the
conflict’s rising death toll that is now in
the thousands, while aid groups lament
their inability to provide life- saving support
to all Yemenis in need.
“ We share concerns about Yemen
and the need to restore a functioning
government that is inclusive and that
can relieve the humanitarian situation
there,” Obama told reporters who were
allowed into the Oval Office for brief
comments from both leaders. The meeting,
Obama noted, was taking place at a
“ challenging time in world affairs, particularly
in the Middle East.”
On Friday, 45 members of the United
Arab Emirates’ military were killed
while fighting the rebels known as the
Houthis, the official news agency WAM
said. It is believed to be the country’s
highest number of military casualties
since its founding in 1971.
Beyond Yemen, Saudi Arabia wants
the U. S. to increase support for Syrian
rebels fighting the Islamic State
and seeking to topple President Bashar
Assad’s embattled government after
4 ½ years of civil war. And the Saudis
want assurances from the U. S. the Iran
nuclear deal comes with a broader effort
to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities
in the region.
Four years after Obama demanded
Assad’s ouster, the Syrian leader remains
in power through significant
help from Iran. The U. S. has largely
abandoned efforts to uproot the Iranian-
backed militia Hezbollah from its
dominant position in Lebanon. Washington
has struggled to limit Tehran’s
influence in Shiite- dominated Iraq. Despite
the Saudi intervention in Yemen,
the Houthis maintain their hold over
much of the country.
The visit of King Salman, who ascended
the throne in January, is forcing
the administration to address
these concerns. Secretary of State John
Kerry said this week the U. S is working
with its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf
on a ballistic missile defence system,
special operations training and largescale
military exercises.
The Iran nuclear deal will provide
Iran hundreds of billions of dollars in
relief from international sanctions in
exchange for a decade of constraints
on the country’s nuclear program.
Congress will soon consider a resolution
of disapproval of the final package
reached in July, but Senate Democrats
have enough votes to prevent the Republican-
led measure’s success.
At a news conference at the Saudi
Embassy, foreign minister Adel Al-
Jubeir said his government endorses
the Iran nuclear deal, having been assured
by Obama it will block Iran’s
path to a nuclear weapon.
Al- Jubeir also said Salman and
Obama discussed a plan to improve
American military co- operation with
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries,
announced after a Camp David summit
in May Salman declined to attend.
In contrast to Al- Jubeir’s portrayal of
U. S.- Saudi relations, Saudi officials in
Riyadh said the kingdom is displeased
with the Iran deal and looking to expand
its alliances beyond the U. S.
The Saudi officials said the king
sought a written agreement from
Obama stating the U. S. is “ prepared to
defend against any attempt that threatens
the security” of the Gulf Cooperation
Council, a coalition of Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United
Arab Emirates and Oman.
The officials say Obama has been
hesitant to follow through because the
agreement implicitly refers to Gulf
concerns about Iran, and the Saudis feel
Washington is unwilling to make such a
commitment due to its rapprochement
with Iran. The officials spoke on condition
of anonymity because they were
not authorized to discuss the matter
publicly.
King Salman, in brief remarks
through an interpreter, characterized
his visit as symbolic of the deep ties between
the allies.
“ I’m happy to come to a friendly country
to meet a friend,” he said. “ We want
to work together for world peace.”
— The Associated Press
Leaders share hope for inclusive Yemen
Obama, Saudi king discuss Arab nation’s
humanitarian crisis, Iran nuclear deal
By Kevin Freking and Darlene Superville
EVAN VUCCI / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U. S. President Barack Obama meets with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday.
‘ We share concerns
about Yemen and
the need to restore
a functioning
government that is
inclusive’
— Barack Obama
‘ I’m happy to
come to a friendly
country to meet a
friend. We want to
work together for
world peace’
— King Salman
Dozens of UAE troops killed in attack
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