KHARTOUM, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – The Sudanese army said
on Tuesday that five of its troops have been killed while fighting
for the coalition against Huthi rebels in Yemen.
The army did not specify when the troops were killed, but
Sudan has deployed hundreds of soldiers as part of the coalition
that is fighting the rebels.
“We have lost five martyrs including an officer, and 22
others have been wounded,” army spokesman Brigadier Ahmed
Khalifa al-Shami said in a statement.
Without offering details, he said Sudanese forces had
completed on Tuesday their “first stage of duty” in Yemen
and were now preparing to launch the second stage.
“Our troops in Yemen have captured all the areas targeted
in the first stage, inflicted big losses on the enemy and are
holding many prisoners of war,” Khalifa said.