Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, today extended his condolences to the family of Lieutenant Pilot Bader Yahiya Mohammad Al Marashdeh, who was killed while performing his duty as part of the Saudi-led Arab coalition’s Operation Restoring Hope in Yemen.

During his visit to the Mourning Majlis in the city of Kalba in Sharjah, Sheikh Nahyan offered his sincere condolences to the family, calling on Allah Almighty to rest his soul in peace and grant his family patience and solace.

Al Marashdeh and his colleague Major Pilot Ali Saeed Saif Al Mesmari were killed on Tuesday after their plane crashed due to a technical failure in Yemen.