Egypt sends 800 ground troops to engage in Saudi war on Yemen
September 13, 2015
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Yemeni officials put the number of foreign troops from Saudi Arabia
As many as 800 Egyptian soldiers arrived in Yemen, Egyptian security sources said, swelling the ranks of a Gulf Arab military contingent launching a wide war on the country, Reuters news agency reported.
It was the second reported deployment of ground troops there by Egypt. The first was in 1962 when Cairo dispatched 70 thousand, while only half of them returned home in 1967, as the rest were killed by the Yemeni resistance fighters.
Egyptian security sources stated that four Egyptian units of between150 to 200 troops along with tanks and transport vehicles arrived in Yemen.
Yemeni officials put the number of foreign troops from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar at least around 2,000.
Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for more than five months (168 days) now to restore power to fugitive president Abed-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 5,788 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.
