• The fallen soldiers received full military honours at Al Bateen Airport on Wednesday evening.
    The fallen soldiers received full military honours at Al Bateen Airport on Wednesday evening.
  • The bodies of the four Emirati serviceman killed in Yemen are carried off the military plane on Wednesday.
    The bodies of the four Emirati serviceman killed in Yemen are carried off the military plane on Wednesday.
  • The bodies of Ahmed Khamis Al Hammadi, Mohammed Khalfan Al Seyabi, Ali Khamis Al Ketbi, and Yousef Salem Al Kaabi are carried into Al Bateen Airport.
    The bodies of Ahmed Khamis Al Hammadi, Mohammed Khalfan Al Seyabi, Ali Khamis Al Ketbi, and Yousef Salem Al Kaabi are carried into Al Bateen Airport.
  • The fallen soldiers received full military honours at Al Bateen Airport on Wednesday evening.
    The fallen soldiers received full military honours at Al Bateen Airport on Wednesday evening.
  • Funerals will be held for the four soldiers on Thursday.
    Funerals will be held for the four soldiers on Thursday.

Bodies of fallen Emirati soldiers arrive at Al Bateen airport - in pictures


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The four Emirati soldiers killed in Yemen on Tuesday were brought home on Wendesday evening. The General Command of the Armed Forces announced that the soldiers died in suicide bombings in Aden on Tuesday.

They were Ahmed Khamis Al Hammadi and Mohammed Khalfan Al Seyabi of Abu Dhabi, Ali Khamis Al Ketbi of Al Ain, and Yousef Salem Al Kaabi of Fujairah.

All photos: Wam.