Al Ain: UAE leaders yesterday expressed condolences on the death of four UAE soldiers killed in the Arab Coalition’s Operation Restoring Hope in Yemen and visited the families of the martyrs.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces conveyed his condolences to the grieving families through a tweet on his @MBZNews Twitter account.
Shaikh Mohammad offered his “condolences to the family & relatives of martyr Ali Khamis Bin Ayid Al Ketbi at Al Dhaher area, Al Ain”.
Shaikh Mohammad expressed his deepest sympathy to the family of the martyr during his visit to Al Ain yesterday.
Shaikh Mohammad asserted that the martyrdom of the brave sons of the UAE only reinforced the UAE’s determination and resolve to defeat those plotting to target the region and its people.
Three of the martyrs — Mohammad Khalfan Abdullah Saleem Al Siyabi from Abu Dhabi, Ali Khamis Saleem Bin Ayed Al Ketbi from Al Ain and Ahmad Khamis Al Hammadi from the Western Region — were laid to rest on Thursday. They died on Tuesday when a hotel and other buildings in the southern Yemeni city of Aden were targeted in multiple terrorist attacks.
His Highness Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, offered condolences to the martyrs families while visiting mourning tents.
In al Ain, Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and Dr. Shaikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Adviser to the President of the UAE, said their thoughts were with the family of martyr Ali Khamis Bin Ayid Al Ketbi, who died in the line of duty in Yemen.
Both leaders extended their deep condolences and sympathies during a visit to the family of the martyr in Al Ain. Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth, and Community Development, accompanied by Shaikh Shakhbout Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan and Shaikh Mubarak Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan offered their condolences to the family of martyr Ali Khamis Bin Ayid Al Ketbi in Al Ain.
— With inputs from WAM
