Islah militants kidnap recruit of “Shabwani Elite” in Shabwa

SHABWA, Feb. 25 (YPA) – Militants affiliated with Islah Party in Shabwa province kidnapped a member of the so-called “Shabwani Elite” militia, in Ataq city, the provincial capital, tribal sources reported on Thursday.

The sources stated that the Islah militants abducted Emad Ali Bou Zaid Al-Sowah Al-Khulaifi, a recruit of the Shabwani Elite militia, Wednesday evening, from the front of his house, east of Ataq district, and took him to an unknown destination.

The so-called “Special Forces” affiliated with Islah have launched a campaign of kidnappings against members of the Shabwani Elite and sons of Shabwa tribes in the districts of Jardan, Nessab and Habban, during the past months.

YPA