In 2015, UAE participated in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen to influence the outcome of the Yemeni Civil War (2015–). During this war, Emirati special forces conducted an amphibious assault on Aden, which, according to the Economist, impressed observers in the West. On 4 September 2015, 52 UAE soldiers (together with 10 Saudi and 5 Bahraini soldiers) were killed when a Houthi missile hit an ammunition dump at a military base in Ma'rib Governorate, marking the "highest death toll on the battlefield in the country's history".
In 2015, UAE participated in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen to influence the outcome of the Yemeni Civil War (2015–). During this war, Emirati special forces conducted an amphibious assault on Aden, which, according to the Economist, impressed observers in the West. On 4 September 2015, 52 UAE soldiers (together with 10 Saudi and 5 Bahraini soldiers) were killed when a Houthi missile hit an ammunition dump at a military base in Ma'rib Governorate marking the "highest death toll on the battlefield in the country's hist,ory".