The Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Mohsen Al-Daari, and the Governor of Hadhramaut, Mabkhout bin Madi, today offered their condolences to the coalition forces to support legitimacy in Sayun, Hadhramaut Governorate, for the martyrdom of an officer and a non-commissioned officer and the wounding of another officer from the coalition forces in a cowardly and treacherous operation last Friday.

The Minister of Defense pledged during his visit, in which he was accompanied by a number of Hadhramaut agents, the commanders of the first and second regions, the security director of Wadi Hadhramaut, the commander of the Al-Ghaydah axis, and a number of military and security leaders to pursue the perpetrator of the operation, arrest him, and bring him to justice with everyone proven to be involved in this heinous crime.

The Daari team appreciated the authentic Arab position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in supporting Yemen and making huge sacrifices in our Arab battle, in which pure blood was mixed to preserve our common national security, stressing that this condemnable and treacherous crime will not destabilize the strategic fraternal relations between the two armies and the two brotherly peoples.

In the same context, the Minister of Defense held a meeting with the leadership of the First Military Region and the committee charged with investigating the treacherous attack that targeted coalition officers.

The committee's team heard a detailed explanation about the progress of the investigation procedures and the efforts made in coordination with the joint forces and security services, stressing the redoubling of efforts to arrest the perpetrator, find out the motives and reasons for the heinous criminal operation, and bring him to justice to receive his deterrent punishment.