Hadi forces shoot down UAE drone in Abyan

ABYAN, Nov. 20 (YPA) – Renewed infighting between Hadi government forces and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) ‘s militias continued in the Yemeni southern governorate of Abyan.
Hadi forces claimed to shoot down a UAE drone during the fighting, which took place in Taryah fronts.
Activists on social media circulated some pictures for the wreckage of the UAE drone that was downed on late Thursday.
According to local sources, the hostilities were prompted by mutual shelling using heavy weapons in Sheikh Salem and Taryah fronts east Zinjibar city, Abyan’s provincial capital, local sources said.
Four of Hadi troops were killed and seven others injured in the clashes, spokesman for the Emirati-backed STC militias in Abyan tweeted.
The STC militias in coastal strip fended off “hostile acts attempted by Hadi troops,” Mohamed al-Naqib added.
On Wednesday, the STC accused Hadi government of sending more reinforcements “consisting of Qaeda and Daesh militants” to Abyan.