STC militias besiege last stronghold of Islah militants in Socotra

SOCOTRA, June 19 (YPA) – The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s command announced Friday that its forces are currently imposing a siege on the last strongholds of the al-Islah militants in the city of Hadiboh, the capital of Socotra.

Salem al-Awlaki, one of the STC leaders, said in a tweet that the STC  forces “are imposing a siege against  the special forces camp, the last stronghold of the al-Islah militants in Hadiboh.

Local sources in Socotra island told the “Yemen Press Agency” that the STC militias are advancing rapidly in Hadiboh and that they are besieging the provincial building and the security department in the city,

They added that al-Islah militants are suffering from a very weak position in the face of militias under the UAE occupation.

The sources stressed that the situation seems to be resolved in favor of the UAE-backed militias, excluding that there will be battles between the two parties, because of the weak position of the militants of the “al-Islah”.

The governor of “Hadi” in Socotra Ramzi Mahrous had cried on Thursday afternoon  for a help by the coalition forces in Riyadh and Aden, in an attempt to stop the invasion of Hadiboh by militias affiliated with the Emirates, but no one responded to it.

Mahrous’s contacts with the Saudis came after the commander of Saudi forces in Socotra informed him that he was not interested in protecting  the so-called “legitimacy.”

E.M