STC opposes opening of office for “Tariq Saleh” militia in Aden

ADEN, Jul. 23 (YPA) – The “Aden Al-Mustaqila” TV channel, which speaks for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), on Saturday called for preventing the opening of a branch of Tariq Afash’s office in the port city of Aden, southern Yemen.

The channel, in a report, said that it had monitored the movements of parties it described as the “northern forces” seeking to expand their movements in the city of Aden.

The channel stressed that “the STC leadership will not allow any new activity in the city,” in an explicit threat to prevent Tariq Saleh’s arrangements to open a branch of his political office in the center of Aden, the most prominent stronghold of the STC.

These threats coincide with UAE arrangements to open an office for the “Tariq Saleh” militia in Aden during the coming days, in light of efforts to end the STC’s influence in all southern provinces.

Last Thursday, Tariq Saleh’s forces opened an office in the city of Taiz, which is one of the strongholds of the Islah party.

YPA