An Emirati soldier has died in hospital of wounds sustained in Yemen last month.

Ahmed Hbaitan Al Balooshi died from injuries suffered in an incident in Marib, reported Wam, the state news agency.

Al Balooshi was being treated in a hospital in Germany. He was part of UAE forces fighting in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led Operation Restoring Hope.

The General Headquarters of the Armed Forces has offered its condolences to his family.

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