YEMEN Press Agency

Coalition’s troops appoint Salafi leader of military region in Marib

MARIB, Feb. 08 (YPA) – The US-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition’s troops appointed on Tuesday a Salafi leader as a commander of the sixth region in Marib and Jawf provinces.

Media loyal to coalition said that coalition’s forces appointed the Salafi sheikh, Abdual-Razaq Al-Baqma’a, succeeding the previous leader Omar Sajaf who was removed from his position due to the big failure that coalition’s forces achieved in desert areas of Jawf province.

This appointment comes days after This appointment comes days after Al-Baqma’a refused to appoint him as a leader for Amaliqa Brigades in Shabwa province.