UAE-backed militia storm HQ of radio station in Aden

ADEN, Sept. 30 (YPA) – The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council  (STC)’s militia on late Wednesday   stormed a radio station building in Yemen’s southern  port  city of Aden, local sources reported.

According to sources, two military pickup vehicles raided the headquarters  of “ Bandar Aden  and Adanieh FM”  radio stations near the Caltex roundabout in  the district of Mansoura and  arrested its press director Rafat Rashad .

In the same context, Adel al-Hassani, a former detainee in a UAE person  and a leader in the so-called Southern Resistance confirmed that the STC militia abducted  the well-known journalist Rafat Rashad, The director and owner  of “Bandar Aden and Adanieh FM”  radio Stations.

He was abducted by Kamal al-Halami, a leader in the STC and he had associated with the Organization of the Islamic State Daesh, al-Hassani explained  in a tweet

The journalist was taken  to Jabal Hadeed belonging to the head of the STC Aydros Zubeidi, al-Hassani added.

E.M