STC fails to assassinate its most prominent military opponent in Shabwah

SHABWAH, May 30 (YPA) – A military commander loyal to Saudi-led coalition survived an assassination attempt in the center of Ataq, the capital of Shabwah province, eastern Yemen.

Sources said that unidentified gunmen believed to belong to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s militia  targeted the house of the commander of the “21st Brigade” belonging to Islah party, Jahdal Hanash al-Atiki, yesterday with a hail of bullets,  after few hours of his return from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, without mentioning any casualties.

The STC is moving to liquidate its former opponents. Jahdal Hanish is one of them and he is a pro-Islah military leader.

He was also the leader  who expelled the “Shabwani elite” militia from the Al-Alam Camp in Jardan district in October last year.

E.M