FUJAIRAH // The country’s martyrs shone brightly and inspired future generations, the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai said on Thursday.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid made the comments during visits to the families of soldiers who died while serving the country in Operation Restoring Hope, in Yemen.
“We derive our faith from our country and confidence of our people, as well as our belief in justice, peace and peaceful co-existence among various people irrespective of religious and sectarian affiliations, as they are equal in rights and duties,” Sheikh Mohammed said.
The responses of the martyrs’ families further strengthened the country’s resolve, he said.
Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, as well as other officials, visited the mourning tents for the families of servicemen Khamis Rashid Al Abdouly, in Al Khulaybiyah, and Yousef Salem Al Kaabi, in Madhab.
Serviceman Al Abdouly died on Sunday, in Germany, where he was undergoing treatment for injuries sustained on September 4 in a rocket attack by Houthi rebels on an ammunition store that killed 52 Emirati servicemen.
Al Kaabi died on Tuesday, along with three other Emirati soldiers, in suicide bombings in Aden.
Sheikh Mohammed expressed sympathy to the families and prayed to Allah to rest their souls and grant the families peace.
The Vice President, along with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, also visited with the families of Mohammed Khalfan Al Seyabi and Ahmed Khamis Al Hammadi, killed on Tuesday in Aden in terrorist attacks claimed by an ISIL affiliate.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid also paid his respects to the family of the fourth soldier killed, Ali Khamis Al Ketbi.
Other officials to pay their condolences included Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, who visited the mourning tent for Al Abdouly.
Separately, Lt Gen Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, was at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi on Thursday to wish the country’s injured warriors a rapid recovery.
The soldiers expressed their appreciation for the General’s visit and spoke of their eagerness to return to the service of their country.
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