ABU DHABI, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - Cases of bird flu have been registered in two neighboring Arab countries - Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Bird deaths have been registered in several Saudi regions, as well as in a number of regions in Yemen.

Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have stopped importing Saudi poultry products as a result of the outbreak, and large-scale culls of birds have taken place in the UAE, according to the local Gulf News newspaper.

The last case of avian influenza was registered in Saudi Arabia in March. No cases of humans being infected with the disease have been reported in Saudi Arabia.

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed over 200 people since the first registered outbreak of the disease in southeast Asia in 2003.