Al-Qaeda imposes suffocating siege on Yafa’i tribes

LAHJ, Nov. 7 (YPA) -Al-Qaeda terrorists on Saturday imposed a suffocating siege on the Yafa’i tribes in Lahj province for the second day in a row, local sources said

According to sources, members of the terrorist organization blocked the road linking Bayda and Lahj provinces to tighten the noose on the villages of Al-Arawi in al-Hadd area in Lahj.

Moreover, the sources said that members of the terrorist organization, on Friday, advanced from areas of control in al-Zaher district of Bayda governorate towards the areas of al-Hadd, in an attempt to control the areas of the Yafea tribes.

The sources added that al-Arawi tribes responded to the group’s attempts to organize on their areas, and the clashes led to deaths and injuries between the two sides.

According to the sources, the terrorist organization is seeking to put pressure on al-Arawi and Yafa’s tribes to accept the expansion of the organization in their areas.

Al-Zaher areas in Bayda governorate and Yafa’i tribal areas are under the control of coalition forces.

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