Clashes leave one killed, 8 injured in Shabwah

SHABWA, Aug. 08 (YPA) – Clashes have erupted between a pro-Islah force and another affiliated with the UAE-backed Al-Amaliqa Brigades have expanded in Yemen’s southeastern Shabwa province.

This was reported by Yemen News Portal on Monday, based on testimonies of local sources.

According to the sources, a force of “Al-Amaliqa” clashed with another from the 30th Infantry Brigade in the Ataq axis near the city of Ataq, the center of Shabwa province, before the special security forces joined  to back up the latter.

The so-called ‘Shabwa Defense Forces” supported “Al-Amaliqa” in the clashes, in which artillery and tanks took part to expand to Dirham Street, and mortar shells fell on various parts of the vicinity of the area , the sources said.

The source confirmed that pointed at least one  soldier was killed and 8 others from both sides were wounded, including the commander of the first battalion in the 30th Brigade, Lashaqm al-Barasi during the clashes that are still going on.

E.M