Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi | |
Native Name: | سلطان محمد علي الكتبي |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Birth Name: | Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi |
Birth Date: | 1970 |
Death Place: | Taiz, Yemen |
Allegiance: | United Arab Emirates |
Branch: | United Arab Emirates Army |
Serviceyears: | 1990s—2015 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Battles: | Yemeni Civil War (Saudi intervention) |
Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi (1970, United Arab Emirates—14 December 2015, Taiz, Yemen) was a colonel of the United Arab Emirates Army who became one of the most senior officers killed during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war. He was also the highest ranking UAE officer to have been killed.[1] In his legacy, the standard issue of the UAE armed forces rifle, the CAR 816, is named Caracal Sultan and bears an engraving honoring him.[2]
Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi was born around 1970 in the United Arab Emirates and served in its armed forces since the 1990s, including as part of peacekeeping missions in Somalia and Kosovo.[3]
During the Saudi Arabian-led coalition's intervention in the Yemeni civil war, Al-Kitbi took part in Operation Restoring Hope and was involved in the fighting to capture the city of Taiz, in southern Yemen. He was killed in a rocket attack by Houthi rebels on Monday, 14 December 2015, near Taiz along with Saudi Arabian colonel Abdullah al-Sahian. His body was later returned to the UAE.
Al-Kitbi had seven children. His brother is a former member of the Federal National Council.