JEDDAH: Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that the three UAE soldiers killed in Yemen on Saturday would “be treated as Saudi martyrs financially and morally,” Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

The UAE armed forces said the three soldiers were killed while performing their “national duty” by taking part in the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

The SPA statement read: “First Corporal Juma’ah Jouhar Juma’ah Al-Hammadi, First Corporal Khalid Mohammed Abdullah Al-Shehhi and First Corporal Fahem Saeed Ahmed Al-Habsi of the Emirati force participating in the coalition, who died on Saturday, be treated as Saudi martyrs financially and morally.”

Prince Mohammed, who is also the defense minister, has been directing the air campaign since late March in an effort to halt advances by Houthi militias.