3rd Bahraini soldier dies in Houthi drone attack

The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) announced today the death of a third soldier following a drone attack by Houthis on Monday against forces of the Saudi-led coalition near Saudi-Yemen border.

The UAE expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Kingdom of Bahrain over the martyrdom of and injuries to a number of its soldiers that were part of the Arab coalition forces participating in Operation Decisive Storm and Operation Restoring Hope.

Saudi Arabia condemned the attack on its territory. The foreign ministry voiced its "condemnation and denunciation" of a "treacherous attack on the defence force of the sister Kingdom of Bahrain stationed on the southern border of the kingdom, which resulted in the martyrdom of a number of its brave soldiers and the injury of others."

The Bahrain News Agency said, “The treacherous terrorist act was carried out by the Houthis sending drones to the positions of the Bahraini force,” and that the attack on the Bahraini force came despite the cessation of military operations between the parties to the war in Yemen.