Update: UAE-backed factions close all entrances of al-Turbah city in Taiz

TAIZ, July 25 (YPA) -UAE-backed factions in the southwestern countryside of Taiz on Saturday closed the entrances to the city of the al-Turbah in a bid to prevent a demonstration organized by the Islah party.

According to local sources, the Abu Abbas Brigades and the 35th Armored Brigade and recruits belonging to Tariq Saleh reinforced their positions at al-Makhdash point located  between Al-Birin and Al-Nshama, southwest of Taiz city, noting that these forces are preventing the entry of any vehicles from the city under the control of the al-Islah militants.

The sources revealed that the UAE-backed militias established checkpoints in the area of Huban Qaddas in the district of al-Mawasit in a move to prevent a demonstration that may move from there to the area of Al Ain, the center of the district.

These factions are taking the governor’s decision to block a march  organized by the al-Islah party  and prevent the passage of participants in the upcoming event .

The move would widen the cycle of military conflict in Yemen’s most important strategic region, which has become a proxy conflict.

E.M