UAE-backed militias control Maasheq Palace’s gate, as clashes widening in Aden

ADEN, Aug. 7 (YPA) – The UAE-backed militias or the so-called security belt forces on Wednesday managed to control one of Maasheq Palace gates and “Crater Gate” cutting the road between Mualla and Crater districts in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden.

Meanwhile, military vehicles of the presidential protection brigade controlled by Islah Party (Muslim Brotherhood) loyal to Saudi occupation deployed at the eastern entrance of Crater district.

The confrontations between the UAE-backed militias on the one hand and militants of the Islah Party on the other resulted in five dead and 15 wounded, according to medical sources in Aden.

Early in the day, the clashes expanded from front of Maasheq Palace to include the areas of Khor Maksar, Crater and Workers Island in Aden city, after Abu al-Yamama’s funeral came under fire from Islah party groups, wounding four militiamen of the security belt.

YPA