Coalition sends field hospital after declaring emergency state in Ataq

SHABWA, Jan. 01 (YPA) – Military reinforcements of the Saudi-led coalition arrived on Saturday in Ataq city, the capital of the oil-rich Shabwa province, in eastern Yemen.

A document issued by the Shabwa province operations room on Friday confirmed that the coalition sent 60 military vehicles from Mukalla city of Hadramout province, in addition to an integrated field hospital to Ataq Airport.

The coalition’s dispatch of military vehicles and a field hospital to Ataq comes after the killing and wounding of hundreds of its fighters on the Markha and Bayhan fronts during the confrontations with the Sanaa government forces.

YPA