Al-Qaeda controls exiled Hadi’s hometown in Abyan

ABYAN, Sept. 8 (YPA) – Al-Qaeda elements controlled over al-Wadhe’a district of Abyan province, which is Saudi-backed exiled Hadi’s hometown, according to sources on Sunday.

The sources said that the al-Qaeda elements spread in the district after arrival of dozens of militants from Marib to Abyan.

The recent clashes in the southern provinces have showed that elements of ISIS and al-Qaeda fighting alongside Hadi’s forces against the UAE-backed so-called of Southern transitional Council’s militias.

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