STC refuses counting, handover of heavy weapons

ADEN, Jan. 16 (YPA) – The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Wednesday renewed its refusal to counting of the heavy weapons controlled by its militia in the city of Aden, southern Yemen.

In a statement circulated by media websites loyal to the STC, the council’s president Aidarous al-Zubaidi said that the council does not possess heavy weapons in Aden, and that all the weapons it owns are used in fighting on the fronts, as he claimed.

The STC’s refusal to counting the heavy weapons held by its militias comes in conjunction with the recent formation of a committee by the Saudi forces to inventory the heavy weapons owned by the council, in preparation for withdrawing them and transferring them to the coalition camp in al-Boriqa area.

The transitional council had announced its refusal to hand over heavy weapons whatever the matters, considering them a red line.

YPA