Sudan vowed Tuesday (April 10th) that it will remain in an Arab coalition fighting the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarallah) in Yemen, after a deadly ambush reportedly killed dozens of its soldiers in the country last week, AFP reported.
Khartoum has deployed hundreds of soldiers in Yemen since 2015 as part of the alliance battling on the side of the country's government against the Houthi militia.
On Friday it suffered one of its heaviest losses when dozens of Sudanese soldiers were killed in an ambush staged by the Houthis.
Sudan's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour insisted his country would remain involved in Yemen at a meeting with envoys from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt.
"The minister affirmed Sudan's position of continuing to be part of the coalition troops to bring back stability in Yemen," the foreign ministry said.
Sudan has not officially confirmed or denied the deaths of its soldiers in the ambush.
But the ministry said the three ambassadors who met Ghandour "offered their condolences to families of martyrs and hoped for a speedy recovery of those wounded in operations in Yemen in recent days".
The Houthis hit a Sudanese military convoy in the northern province of Hajjah before dawn on Friday, according to military sources in Yemen.
The losses were reported to be the heaviest suffered by Sudanese troops in Yemen since they were deployed in the country.
Where's your coverage of the Sudan events? Or are you specialised in a certain area? I think this is a failed media policy. And you just take out any comments you don't like. A unilateral opinion isn't a trait of the new media.
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