Hundreds of STC recruits declare defection in Aden

ADEN, July. 23 (YPA) – A number of military brigades of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council STC announced on Saturday, their defection from the STC militias.

According to news websites loyal to the coalition, hundreds of recruits in the ranks of the “STC defected and joined the forces of “Tariq Saleh” in the west coast, due to the looting of their financial dues a year ago by the STC leaders.

This move came hours after the siege of the headquarters of the Saudi and Emirati forces in the city of Aden, south of Yemen, in light of a wave of anger among the STC recruits.

The angry recruits accused the STC leadership, headed by Aidarous, of stealing their financial dues, noting that their leaders were building luxury villas and luxurious palaces, by looting billions of riyals from the port of Aden and other taxes and customs, while the salaries of the recruits had not been paid for a year.

This coincided with angry demonstrations carried out by recruits in the streets of Aden, during which they chanted the coalition’s departure from the country.

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