Members of ‘Al-Amaliqa Brigades’ killed in airstrikes in Shabwa

SHABWA, Aug. 10 (YPA) – A number of recruits in the so-called “Al-Amaliqa Brigades”, backed by the UAE were killed and wounded on Tuesday’s night in an aerial bombardment in Shabwa province,  southeastern Yemen.

This was reported by Yemen News Portal, based on testimonies local source.

According to the sources, a plane believed to be an Emirati bombed a battalion belonging to the “Al-Amaliqa” in al-Shabika area near the city of Ataq, the center of Shabwa province.

The airstrike left many recruits dead and wounded, whose commander refused to participate in the confrontations in the city of Ataq between the special security forces supported by the forces of the Ataq axis loyal to “Islah” and the Shabwa Defense Forces of the UAE-backed Transitional Council, the sources explained.

The pointed out that military pickups and vehicles belonging to the battalion were burned as a result of the air strike.

E.M