Islah militias withdraw from Belhaf facility

SHABWA, Aug. 31 (YPA) – Islah authorities withdrew on Tuesday their gunmen and military vehicles from surrounds of Belhaf facility that under control of UAE forces in Shabwa province, informed sources said.

The sources mentioned that surprising directives reached to Islah military leaders ordered the return of the militants to their barracks after they surrounded the facility.

The sources did not explain the reasons for the withdrawal of Islah militants from the vicinity of the facility.

The withdrawal process came after the governor of Islah in Shabwa, Mohammed Bin Adiw met with the Saudi military committee that leads mediation among the UAE troops in Belhaf and Islah leadership.