YEMEN Press Agency

Coalition evacuates dozens of al-Qaeda militants from Marib to Mahra

SANAA, Oct. 02 (YPA) – The Saudi-led coalition forces evacuated on Saturday dozens of terrorist elements of Salafist groups and al-Qaeda from Jouba district of Marib towards Mahra province, east of Yemen.

According to local sources, several big buses and military transport vehicles transported those terrorist elements affiliated with the Salafi leader, Yahya al-Hajouri, from the al-Kula area, the center of the Jouba district, towards the city of al-Ghaydah, the capital of Mahra.

The sources confirmed that the evacuation operation was carried out under heavy air cover by the Saudi-led coalition aircraft.

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