YEMEN Press Agency

New details of Emirati attempt to assassinate Hadi’s Shabwah governor

SHABWAH, Feb. 20 (YPA) – Local sources on Thursday revealed a new Emirati attempt to assassinate Shabwah Governor loyal to Saudi-led coalition Mohammed Saleh Bin Adio, by a drone aircraft.

According to the local sources in the province, a drone aircraft launched from camp al-Alam under the control of the UAE-backed Southern Translation Council (STC) militias flew in the early hours on Thursday over the house of Hadi’s Shabwah Governor in the city of Ataq, the capital of the province.

The sources added that the anti-aircraft missiles deployed in Ataq fired into the air, after observing the plane flying over the house.

The sources said that the attempt to target the house of Mohammed Saleh Bin Adio, through the UAE’s air force drone, coincided with the shelling of the house of with mortar shells and burned “Ben Lashadaf” security post, located in an area in Ramla.

This comes after the Bin Adio’s house, in the village of Al-Khobar in Haban district, was targeted by B-10 shells, fired by the UAE-backed militias, leaving his brother and a number of women wounded, in early February.

Moreover, Bin Adio’s house in Ataq city was also attacked by unidentified gunmen.

This came after Bin Adio, in a tweet in early February, accused the UAE of financing and supporting plans to plunge Shabwah into chaos and exploit the need of the people, in order to achieve their ambitions and restore their militias to Ataq.

E.M