The United Arab Emirates’ defence ministry says a Moroccan contractor with the Emirati military was killed in an Iranian attack on Bahrain, with Manama saying the man had been assisting the local armed forces, AFP reports.

“The Ministry of Defence mourns the loss of a Moroccan civilian contractor serving with the UAE Armed Forces, who was martyred during a routine mission in the Kingdom of Bahrain following an Iranian missile attack,” the ministry has said in a statement on X.

Bahrain’s military had announced that a member of the UAE military was killed in its territory while helping Bahraini forces defend against Iranian attacks.

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