Violent bombardment hits STC sites in Abyan

ABYAN, Nov. 14 (YPA) – Violent confrontations renewed on Saturday between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia of the United Arab Emirates and the “Islah Party” militants, in Abyan province.

A local source reported that the confrontations renewed violently between the STC and Islah, in al-Tiriya and Sheikh Salem fronts, east of Zinjibar, the provincial capital, with various types of heavy and medium weapons.

The source explained that the Islah militants bombed the transitional sites in the al-Tiriya front with a number of Katyusha rockets and mortar shells, after the death of the brother of the “Third Brigade” commander, Haitham al-Zamaki, on Friday.

However, the spokesman of the transitional militia in Abyan front, Muhammad al-Naqib, confirmed in Twitter, that seven of the Islah militants were killed and others were wounded during the past hours on the Al-Turiya front.

The clashes between the STC and Islah have not stopped since Friday afternoon in the al-Tiriya front, amid sporadic shelling in the Sheikh Salem area.