YEMEN Press Agency

Dozens of UAE-backed militants leave military sites in Marib

MARIB, Jul. 15 (YPA) – Dozens of the UAE-backed militants left on several military sites in Rahba district of Marib province under a safe cover was provided by the Sanaa forces.

Tribal source said that the forces of the Sanaa government gave the militants led by Dhiab bin Ma’ili,supported by the UAE, the cover to safe exit from their positions on the Rahba front.

The sources indicated that the recruits fled their positions towards Jabal Murad district, south of Marib, after they obtained a general amnesty from the Sanaa forces by allowing them to leave their positions in Rahba without objection.

Dhiab bin Ma’ili received from the coalition forces an amount of money estimated at 500 million Yemeni riyals and 2 million Saudi riyals in exchange for his participation in the fight with the coalition on Rahba front, the sources added.

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