Islah militias plan to enter Aden via Lahj

SANAA, April 27 (YPA) – Southern sources revealed a plan for Islah party ( Yemeni branch of Muslim Brotherhood militias) aimed at expanding towards the occupied city of Aden through the Tur Al Bahah district in Lahj ptovince.

According to the sources, The Islah party is seeking to strengthen its militias al- A’ahkum area in Hayfan District, with the aim of reducing the influence of the 4th Brigade loyal to the Southern Transitional Council (STC) security belt militias, which is currently stationed in the Tur Al Bahah district.

They added that the aim is to support Hamdi Shukri’s forces, who are currently in control of Ra’s al Arah and the coastal strip of Al-Sabiha, with a Saudi support to besiege the STC militias, from the north and west, in conjunction with the expansion of the eastern front in the occupied province of Abyan.

The exiled Hadi’s forces are trying to  take the Al-Anad triangle from the STC control in order to control  over Aden militarily, as in the summer war of 94, when southern forces collapsed days after Saleh’s regime took control of the Al-Anad military base in al- Habilain.

Local sources in Lahj reported that the Islah party had purchased tribal and media loyalties in Radfan and Tur al-Bahah.

E.M