YEMEN Press Agency

Dozens of Al-Qaeda elements to fight with coalition arrive at Marib

MARIB, Sep. 1 (YPA) – Dozens of Al-Qaeda militants flocked to the city of Marib on Tuesday evening to fight with the Saudi-led aggression coalition forces, sources said on Wednesday.

The sources reported that large groups of terrorist organizations arrived at the camps of the coalition and the Islah militias led by Khaled Ali Al-Arada in the city, aiming to join and fight alongside the coalition forces.

The sources added that al-Qaeda organization in the provinces of Abyan, Shabwa, Hadramout and Bayda sent those elements to reinforce the coalition forces to fight in the outskirts of Medghal and Raghwan districts of Marib province.

Last Friday, similar reinforcements for members of the Al-Qaeda were subjected to unknown missile strikes, while they were gathering in the Special Forces camp of the coalition and the Islah militias in Marib city, killing 17 members and wounding 35 others.

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