STC militias kidnap 10 northern citizens in Shabwah

SHABWAH, Nov. 16 (YPA) – The UAE’s Southern Transitional Council Militias have kidnapped 10 northern citizens, while they were heading to the southern port city of Aden, local sources reported on Saturday.

According to the source, the so-called “Shabwah elite forces”, set up a point on the main road connecting Haban district in Shabwah, and detained 10 citizens from the northern provinces who were in a car on their way to Aden.

Through the kidnapping, the STC’s Militia is seeking to pressure local authorities to release armed men captured by Hadi’s and Islah forces in Shabwah.

The local authorities of Hadi’s government in Shabwah  accused the UAE’s southern transitional council of obstructing the completion of a deal initiated by prisoners on both sides, indicating that the transitional denies the existence of some of the prisoners.

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