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UAE prolongs compulsory military service but their fate is to kill as before

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended compulsory military service for Emirati nationals from 12 to 16 months a statement published by UAE`s government news agency WAM reported late on Saturday “The general command of the armed forces announced the extension of the legal period for national service to 16.”  a statement said

The UAE introduced mandatory military service in 2014 for Emirati men. It also allowed the optional participation of women, who can serve only nine months upon approval of their legal guardians. Men who hold a high school diploma or its equivalent will serve 16 months instead of 12, while those who do not have a high school qualification continue to serve for two years

This comes amid the escalation of the number of UAE troops dead in Yemen, according to Sheikh Rashid, 31, is the second son of the emir of Fujairah,who arrived in the Qatari capital Doha seeking asylum, told Qatari officials that he feared for his life because of a dispute with the rulers of Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich city-state that dominates the UAE

Sheikh Rashid bin Hamad al-Sharqi, who  ran Fujairah’s pro-government media operation,said in the interview with The New York Times that the rulers of Abu Dhabi are hiding the full death toll of UAE`s troops in Yemen

Sheikh Rashid accused Emirati rulers of blackmail and money laundering, notably resentments over Abu Dhabi’s leadership of the UAE’s military intervention in Yemen and losses.Sheikh Rashid accused Emirati rulers of blackmail and money laundering, notably resentments over Abu Dhabi’s leadership of the UAE’s military intervention in Yemen and losses

Earliest, a source in the Air Force told  UAEs’ officers and soldiers were killed and injured by unmanned drone strikes targeted the Command Center of the Alliance of the Aggression in Buraiga, Aden, on July 5