DOHA, - A Saudi-led force in Yemen said it rescued passengers on Saturday from a vessel being used by the United Arab Emirates military that was attacked by Houthi fighters in a strategic Red Sea shipping lane. 'The coalition rescued civilians from a vessel targeted by Houthi militias ... that was transferring medical aid to the city of Aden and evacuating wounded civilians for treatment,' the coalition said in a statement on Saudi state news agency SPA. Hundreds of Emirati soldiers in an Arab alliance have been fighting Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis, who control the capital, and training Yemeni troops in Aden to help rebuild a state loyal to exiled president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The UAE military said on Saturday one of its vessels had been involved in an 'incident' near the Bab al-Mandab strait off Yemen's southern coast but none of its crew had been hurt.
(photo credit: The Jerusalem Post)