STC sends new military battalions to Socotra

SOCOTRA, Aug. 3 (YPA) – The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militias sent new military reinforcements to the island of Socotra, military sources reported on Monday.

According to the sources, the transitional sent new military battalions from Lahj and Dhalea to the Yemeni island, which is a strategic location that the UAE aspires to control, and represents a great dream.

The STC’s announcement to back down from self-administration is a political maneuver, the sources said.

The STC has recently begun large-scale recruitment operations in Dhalea and Lahj provinces to form a military brigade.

Political and military sources considered the new recruitment to represent an obituary for the Riyadh agreement, especially for its security and military aspect, and reflects the transitional position of sticking to its military forces and not compromising what it has achieved.

E.M