UAE-backed commander critically injured in Dhalea

DHALEA, Jan. 21 (YPA) – A commander in the UAE-backed southern transitional council (STC) militia was injured in Dhalea province, southern Yemen, local sources said on Monday.

According to the sources, the commander of the so-called “First Brigade resistance” in the STC militias Walid Saif Sukra, was seriously injured in the head in an assassination attempt, when his car came under heavy gunfire from unknown gunmen in Naqel al-Dhalea, while on his way to Aden, according to Cratersky news website.

The website confirmed that the leader of the southern transitional Sakra is in critical condition, amid reports of his death from injury.

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