A military commander of the Saudi-Emirati coalition was killed in Yemen and a number of Saudi and Yemeni soldiers during a military mission in the eastern province of Hadramout.

A statement issued by the local authorities in Hadramout and the leadership of the first military zone in the Yemeni army confirmed the deaths of five Saudi soldiers, including the commander of coalition forces in the directorates of Wadi Hadramout, Colonel Bandar Al-Otaibi, in two separate attacks.

The authorities said that Colonel Al-Otaibi was killed along with two of his soldiers after an explosive device exploded in the town of Shibam in the province of Hadramout.

The incident also injured six others, including the chief of staff of a battalion of the First Zone Command, the statement said.

The local authority also announced that two Saudi soldiers and three Yemenis were killed in an IED attack on a mass transit bus on the road between Al-Abar area and Hadramout border crossing between Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Photos showed the bodies of the victims were taken from Sayun airport in Hadramout to Saudi territory.

The command of the first military zone, located in the city of Sayun in Hadramout, has Saudi forces who have previously participated in attacks against wanted Al-Qaeda and Islamic State organizations, according to the Yemeni army.

The forces belong to the first military zone of the Yemeni government and are of great importance, as they cover half the area of ​​Yemen's border with Saudi Arabia, in addition to the presence of oil companies in it, Sayun International Airport and the outlet of the deposit between Yemen and the Kingdom.

Destroy a Houthi boat
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Saudi-Emirati coalition forces, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, said a remote-controlled booby-trapped boat had been destroyed by Houthis from Hodeidah province in western Yemen.

Maliki said the coalition naval system spotted the Houthis "an imminent hostile and terrorist act" in the southern Red Sea.

He added that this action poses a threat to regional and international security and a threat to maritime transport routes and global trade.