STC attacks Islah Party’s locations in Shabwa

SHABWA, April 20 (YPA) – The UAE-backed Southern Transition Council (STC)’s militia on Monday launched a violent attack on positions of Islah Party’s militants in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.

Local sources in the province said that the STC’s militia attacked, late Sunday, the Islah militants’ locations in al-Rawdha district and a checkpoint in Habban district with RBG shells and light and medium machine guns.

The attack resulted in deaths and injuries among the Islah militants, and a number of them fled, the sources added.

On the other hand, the STC militia on Sunday ambushed a military vehicle of the Islah militants in Al-Raheel Valley, west of Azan city, in Shabwa.

The STC’s militias have stepped up their military attacks in Shabwa during the past few days, in light of Islah’s threats to storm the city of Aden, with the continuation of sending military reinforcements to the coastal city of Shoqra in Abyan province.

YPA