Tariq forces carry out new deployment in Aden

ADEN, May 19 (YPA) – A UAE-backed military faction, led by Tariq Saleh has reinforced their deployment in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday.

This was reported by Yemen News Portal based on testimonies of well-informed sources.

This followed the UAE’s start of restructuring the  Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s  forces in Aden and integrating its factions into the ministry  of  defense in the coalition-backed government.

According to the sources, hundreds of joint forces led by Tariq Saleh, deployed during the past hours, in all entrances and exits of the directorate of Sira, and the streets leading to the directorate.

The sources explained that the forces set up checkpoints in some outlets and neighborhoods of Sira, amid apprehension by the STC’s factions.

On Wednesday, a member of the so-called  Presidential Council  ( Tariq Saleh) launched a large-scale recruitment campaign in the southern provinces, in a move that could end the presence of the STC’s  military, which is losing its positions successively.

E.M