The General Command of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces in Abu Dhabi said on Monday one of its military helicopter crashed, killing the pilot and co-pilot, Emirati state news agency

The two were among the UAE forces taking part in the Saudi-led coalition's operation in Yemen, said WAM.

No details about the type of helicopter and the cause of the crash were revealed.

The UAE is part of a Saudi-led coalition comprising nine Arab states to support Yemen's "legitimate" government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The coalition has been bombing on a daily basis the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi group across Yemen since March 26, when President Hadi fled to the Saudi capital Riyadh to take refuge

source : xinhua